Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals by Andrew McGowan
Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals by Andrew McGowan
English | July 29, 1999 | ISBN: 0198269722 | 328 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
English | July 29, 1999 | ISBN: 0198269722 | 328 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
The early Eucharist has usually been seen as sacramental eating of token bread and wine in careful or even slavish imitation of Jesus and his earliest disciples. In fact, the evidence suggests great diversity in conduct, including the use of foods, in the first few hundred years.