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Love Feast

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: love)

Meal taken in common by primitive Christians, usually in connection with the Holy Eucharist; a development of the Jewish funeral feasts. It was never a universal institution in the Church, led to excesses, and disappeared soon after the 5th century.

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Entry for 'Love Feast'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​l/love-feast.html. 1910.
 
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