Lord's Supper And Religion

Donald Farner, says that it included the Lord’s Supper also but, also includes “full meal rather than simply the Eucharist…These terms also embodied the concept of a full fellowship meal with ceremonial significance. It is thus evident that the church in Acts perpetuated the practice of that meal experienced in the upper room on that fateful night.” It was also noted in the Did ache that, “On the Lord's Day come together, break bread, and hold Eucharist, after confessing your transgressions.”

It is most likely that it included both the Eucharist and a common meal. The other consensus but not with unanimity is that the day they meet was clearly on Sunday by this time. John Gill appeals to Justin Martyr to explain that Sunday was a common practice

These practices have varied throughout church history. It is recorded, “In many places and by many Christians it was celebrated even daily, after apostolic precedent” It was also recorded by St. Basil who died in 379 AD about the practice of the Lord’s supper that it was common practice to do it as many as four times per week for them. Zwingli held communion “services four times in the year, --at Easter, Whitsunday, autumn, and Christmas.” Another aspect to take into account is that Passover of which the Lord’s Supper is interconnected was held once per year. It is also noteworthy that the Jewish practices had a plethora of festivals and feast. A list of those in calendar order would be: “Passover, Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Booths. After the exile, the Jews added memorial days for the fall of Jerusalem (eventually fixed as the Ninth of Ab), Purim, and the Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah). In addition, the Israelites observed the Sabbath every week and the feast of the New Moon every lunar month.” This being said there were constant reminders in the Jewish calendar of their

What does Paul mean when he says keep the Festival? What were Jewish and Romans festivals like in Paul’s time or even the Corinthian culture. Gordon Fee in his commentary brings to light that the use Festivals in Paul’s time was a weeklong event. This could be compared to the American Royal is to Kansas City or maybe the impact March Madness’ impact on the sports world. For emphasis again, the festivals were weeklong events. This perception is very different to contemporary church services and communion times. Fee states, “In the Corinth of Paul's time, such meals were still the regular practice both at state festivals and private celebrations of various kinds. There were three parts to these meals: The preparation, the sacrifice proper, and the feast." Even thrice for emphasis, “This festival was seven days long.” Ronald Trail states that Paul means in 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 was, “A feast was a period of time dedicated to God, therefore ‘celebrating the feast’ refers to living a life consecrated to God as a sacred festival." This is very clear from the context where Paul is contrasting old with the new bread he is also contrasting the old and new festival. Israel had malice and wickedness in their festival and it is explained that the Corinthians had the same. As with much of Church history, the honing of what something means is in what it does not mean. The debates of old and now are not in a sterile or