The fellowship was not only symbolized but also effected by the common meal, some kind or
kiddush or «sanctification,» not now of the Sabbath but of the first day of the week, (Prof. E. F. Scott
has advanced the view, in his recent work on The Nature of the Early Church (1941), that the Christian observance of Sunday resulted from the celebration of the common meal after the Jewish Sabbath observances were over.