The * breaking of bread ' originally took place daily ('2*«). In the Didaehe, however, it is enjoined weekly, on the Lord's day (cf. also Ac 207, 1 Co 162). It was held in the evening, as on the occasion of its institution (cf. Ac •ZO'ff- and the word SiiTi.#» ( = evening meal) in 1 Co 11W-21). The whole ceremony was a ' remembrance ' of the last supper which Christ ate with His disciples before His death. It was therefore made a common meal, of which the ' breaking of the bread' and the 'drinking of the cup* were a part (cf. 1 Co 11*^^, Didache lol ^ri hi t« iu- irKftff^Oiiiai). To this common meal each brought his share. Chry- sostom (Horn. 27 in 1 Co 11, § 1) says that in place of the original community of goods the Christians 'obser\e<l common meals on appointed 'days, and having gathered together a(t«r sharing the mysteries, they partook of a common feast, the rich bringing tlie viands, and the poor, who had nothing, being invited by them, and all feasting together.' The aspect of the meal aa an act of love on the part of the rich is supported by the words KATocta-xi'ftTi rtvt fxr. lx»*f*< in 1 Co 11", whicli mean the l>oor generally, not those who have not houses. The common meal was called the Move-feast* (iyaa-r, found in NT only in Judel2 The right reading in 2V'i^^ is probably a»«T«if WH, not i>aTaif). Though at first occurring at the same time aa the ' breaking of bread,' which fonned jart of it, the two were afterwards separated, and the Eucharist held in the early morning, while the Agapa) still took place in the evening; so first in i'liny, Upp. x. 96. See Lightfoot, Jynaiitut, ii. 312.
■ St. Paul give. u. » ri^^.-„';< 'J;;^-V°e'c:nT:pi:.c"i' ™ Mlebraiwl .n Connth at the time, anicii "j ^ i i ^ rtl>er".,>U in ST. A -l-""f ^f ?^'-^o ni, for the apcHc i, cl.ar taat t^.. ''"■'<'' ^« ^?,^_'-»?';nce ate up the food
thus consecrated (1 Co 'l > J^ '. ^ ,i„J (this is more prob-
able than Harr.ack's "\''"f> '^"i', "co lo'«), and all drank from Mk 14"-=. 1 Co U-l) waa •Messed / 1';" /;;,. j by which the bread it (ll*). The P™.v»" °' S^^l'^'h^v^'S ^th the occasion. ud wine were consecrated P^"";?^"'' '" ,,rescrihcd, but the " the Didach, (ch. ») ornml P^S^^^ ^ k»^( ix-«"'~') 1° prophets present are allowed to Jf"« ™'^' ^There is some woiVu ot their own <=V°'''!, '•,^" or^ie winrcame first in the doubt u to "hether the bread or «,e wme cam ^.^ ^_
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den/ In JX>TA vol. ="■;., '»'"'>^'=-'^;;4;: -/A^f.-lssr; H. A. ■un an. Zeiulur/ in Z^'' «'^>.„{"' . ^ ^"i 1887 ; JiiUcher, 2ur
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?^J?"Fo?'tl.eL^J^Ke:i^ Uteriture at the end.
ii The Christian Rule of Conduct.
•.: „i (M,. M» Ph l^M its exaraple (rh 2=, ir '^tira.']\"hetourc; of ' its spiritui'l strength (Jn U i Co !■>» F.ph 4"). His body is the sacred ?e^ple of theXy Ghost (1 Co 4\ a member o St (.6 "). and t^>erefore personal hobness and
1- »•„« ->f n,;« (Ph I'M (6) A severe and stern
^"a^ tLS'rti,:rC^Te%'^e^:\f-'i;iV-a tin«. ren' marriage and family cares are £e«arded as competitors a-ainst tlie service of the Lord, wmon Sid absorb every thought -^.-l /„-„^'-« '^.^^ 7«.3.). The Christian n.ust l'« f ver on his^iam, watchful and vigilant, f-^^t'"^ ('^ • Ac 13^ 4 M. 7«-8'). ever in arms against temptation ( 1 ^ '> ^ > Vt.h 6'°") and pray without ceasing (1 1 US ).
Ses in accord with this hi^'h and '^c^l 1^«;^ _
(2) 7"A« Christinn and his Fellow-Christtans The central principle of Christian ethics is love. p^ticaAxpr^ionoffaiU..^^
ra'rs^t'X'mts' (2^. anfst Paul is at o„e u. hiii. for above faith he pnts love ( 1 Co 13». cf . ib. ), and love does not exist apart from works o love M 1 Jn 3") Love is the ' end of the charge (1 1 1 1» ■ the bond of perfection (Col 3"). , And this love IL chiefly exercised towar.ls the fellow-Chnstian
raal 6'«) The name of ' the brethren,' by which tchrltians* denoted their fcUow-behcn^ers^^^ esuecially signiticant. It imp^es descent f om a Common ancestor, members!, p in he -"'« f^, ^i; and was used among the Jews to -^enolc tuur
S:^ofi^~\¥^s^
rulers in the Church (1 Co 0 1^ h^ orbearan.^ of the str^^^^^^ t° '»- P-V't;'.
9° Vi 6'8 He 13", 1 Jn 3"), co...passion and help ^ tL'suVering and helpless (He 13^ a - ) an d
of secondary importance. ^''« £ f'^1 '' U /be of St. Paul was that a.-Va" f " ^I'^received
r^Vs^f^'TiufMnctfles' tie relation of man and He 13^), ami ^.^"^ ;"!„:. >, ,u„f of Chr stand His ,vife by comparing .^t -ith that^ol .^^^ Christianity
Church (Kph ^ ■ ^"fj^j inviolability which it mtroducedw^Ue sacred^ . ^^^^^.^^^■; divorce
fm I9» YcTl^) -The question of remarriage.
lt% ■.F^t'l'^thatni^y shoufi be the husbands of 3-i. ", lit 1 ) J'""'' . , J' ,1 xi 5») that they should Tve^had "ne Imsband? -ire interpreted in the 2nd
younger widows a .5 • ^^;^\l^ ^^^;^, ,„t„a, it is
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