Researchers of Christianity argue about the origin of the Eucharist. Many of them think that the early Christians did not perform the Mass ceremony as it is preformed today. It is thought that they ate a communally meal. The early Christians were few, so perhaps it comes as no surprise that they could gather around a single table. This communally meal, in which bread and wine were served to the members sitting around the table, is considered the origin of the Mass ceremony. Later the table became the altar. This is the significance of the Megiddo prison finding which is considered to be one of the most ancient churches yet to be found. For the first time archeological evidence mentions a table and not an Altar to be used for the communion rite. This may be the origin of the rite, or a transition stage before the table has been transformed to an Altar.

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Again, the significance of the finding of the Megiddo prison is that for the first time there is an objective mention of a table and not an Altar, which sheds light on the origin of the Altar in Christianity. Gathered around the table, the early Christians sat and ate the communally meal, which may be the origin of the Communion ceremony. Archaeological evidence that sheds light on the origin of the Altar and the communion rite, found in a maximum security prison- well you've got yourself another episode of Indiana Jones.

http://www.armageddonchurch.com/?Possible%26nbsp%3Borigin_of_the_Altar_and_Communion_rite_in_the_Megiddo_prison_mosaic.

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But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 1:27