Community and Fellowship: John Chrysostom on Shared Meals

John Chrysostom frequently preached about the spiritual significance of eating together. He taught that the common meal -- the agape feast -- was a defining practice of early Christianity. "When the faithful assemble for the breaking of bread, let all be of one heart. Let the rich not despise the poor, nor the poor envy the rich. For at the table of the Lord there is neither rich nor poor, slave nor free, but all are one in Christ."…