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>> James Silverton wrote:
>>> Dave wrote on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:46:51 GMT:
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>>> DB> Kent wrote:
>>> ??>> It has long been preached that Jesus and his Apostles had
>>> ??>> bread and water on the night of the "Last Supper".
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>> As Jesus and His Apostles were all Jews, and the dinner was prepared for
>> the Passover, I'd say it probably was a Seder. In any case, the New
>> Testament description of the meal was very brief, speaking only of the
>> bread Jesus broke and served, and the cup of wine. A Christian tradition
>> in remembrance of that moment is called Communion (a morsel of unleavened
>> bread and a sip of wine).
>> Not water. Wine.
>> I have never heard any sermon describing the Last Supper as being "Bread
>> and water", and until this interesting discussion arose from that post, I
>> was ready to ignore it as newsgroup foolishness.
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> Post Reformation Lutherans, especially those in Scandinavia, and
> particularly those in Norway do not recognize the wine part of the phrase.
> It's read as "bread and water". This is particularly true in the US.
> George Leonard Herter was from Waseca, Minnesota.
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> Kent
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If you were trying to start a religious debate you failed miserably.