Gott essen

From milk, honey and cheese to bread and wine, cola and coconut: Anselm Schubert tells the story of the Last Supper from the early Christians to the present day for the first time with a focus on the foods used. His brilliantly written account allows us to see Christianity and its most sacred act with different eyes. "Take, eat: this is my body ..., this is my blood." With these words, Jesus begins the Last Supper in the Bible. But today we know that the Christian Eucharist developed from the ancient symposium. For a long time, it remained controversial what was allowed to be eaten and drunk in the church as the body of God: Cheese, fish and vegetables? Milk, juice and honey? Or just bread, and if so, leavened or unleavened? Red or white wine, priestly or lay chalice? Uncertainties have increased in modern times: is the single chalice ni.