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Devotional practice

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The Lord's Supper made Jesus central to worshiping practice.

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The early meal tradition is not a shortcut to later sacramental theology. Its narrower evidential point is that Jesus' death, lordship, and continuing participation with his people were built into communal practice very early. That is a modest Christ-identity datum, not a free-standing proof.

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Observation
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Paul's Lord's Supper material shows Jesus' death and lordship embedded in shared worshiping practice. The cup and bread are not presented merely as a memorial to a teacher. They are tied to the Lord, covenant, proclamation of death, and participation language. That gives small support to early high devotion and Christ-identity.

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The row avoids sacramental overread. It does not claim that 1 Corinthians 10-11 already contains later eucharistic precision. It preserves the simpler datum: the community's ritual life centered on Jesus in a way that exceeds ordinary admiration.

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What It Shows
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Caveats
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Bayesian Meaning
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The active weight is small and capped: H-CHRIST-IDENTITY: +0.03; H-CHRIST-AS-LOGOS: +0.015; H-ALT-LEGEND: -0.015 log10BF. It is devotional-practice support, not direct Resurrection proof.

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