annalex: How do you know that?
Mass is offered every day, by the way.
When I first read post 8337, I decided not to say anything about the use of the phrase "beg the question," but since it has come up again, it might be helpful to clarify the language.
I hear that phrase used frequently when people really want to say that one question leads to another question. But "beg the question" means to accept a statement as true without any proof or sufficient evidence. So what you said Harley is that you accept that following statement without any proof. But what is the proof or historical evidence that the early disciples didn't hold a Eucharist service every day?
At the same time, Catholics holding daily Mass today is not evidence that the early disciples did.
I did not mean it as proof, but evidence it is, -- here is at least one apostolic Church doing it, and I am not aware of the daily Mass being any kind of Latin innovation. As Agrarian noted, the early Church had a much closer association between meal and Mass, so it would be reasonable to conjecture that it was.
Hmmmmm.....I'd had to look into this a bit since I use this term quite frequently. You are correct in your interpretation!!!!! Here I always thought the term simply meant "that leads into another question".
Wow, no wonder I've gotten all those strange looks for all these years. And here I thought it was parsley in my front teeth. I'm glad you said something. Thanks.
See, who says a Catholic can't teach a Protestant anything. :O)