[Uncle Chip]

The early Christian liturgy follows the teachings of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. How close does your worship service approach it?

Do a study sometime of the difference between the Last Supper and the Catholic Mass, and then a between the Communion feasts of the early church and the Catholic Mass, and then ask yourself who is really doing "this", you know, the "this" that Jesus asked them to do.

To answer your question: As close to "this" as possible.

[bornacatholic]

Hey, UC, you sound like you might have formerly been a Catholic. Were you once a member of the Catholic Church ?

From the Last Supper/First Mass to the Mass I went to this morning it has all been the same Sacrifice.

Jesu sas both Priest and Victim offering Himself to God as an act of propitiation on our behalf.

When the Bible speaks about "breaking bread" that is the Mass.

The Didache teaches the same thing. Christian gathering on Sunday to offer the Sacrifice

Other than Scripture/Tradition/Church and MORE THAN TWENTY ONE UNINTERRUPTED CENTURIES OF ORTHOPRAXIS, we really don't have any evidence, I guess :)

[Titanites]

Do a study sometime of the difference between the Last Supper and the Catholic Mass, and then a between the Communion feasts of the early church and the Catholic Mass, and then ask yourself who is really doing "this", you know, the "this" that Jesus asked them to do.

Would you care to summarize for us the study you did?

[RobbyS]

Most Protestants follow Geneva in dividing the Liturgy into two parts and their service consist of reading the Scripture, exhortation and song. More like a synagogue service, by the way, than the mass. Seldom do they commemorate the Lord's Supper. What in the New Testament leads you to believe that this is how the early Christians worshiped? Justin describes it as a regular part of worship.