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What Does It Mean that the Early Church Broke Bread on Sunday?

  • by United Church of God
Breaking bread simply meant sharing a normal meal, the phrase coming from the observation that a meal officially began when someone had broken off a piece of bread. It has no implication whatsoever that they were sharing communion or partaking in any kind of worship, as is sometimes incorrectly inferred.