Rite

A rite is said to be "a religious or other solemn ceremony or act."

The word religious has to do with religion but religion may not be just what you think about a supreme being but how you perform your duty to that God and to your fellow man.

A rite is also defined as "a social custom, practice, or conventional act."

So a religious rite to the earl Christians was how they provided for their society, their not covetous practices and their conventional acts of charity in fulfilling their duty to their fellow man.

Their communion, the Eucharist of Christ, was actually the conventional acts of helping one another through a system of living altars of faith and charity.

If a rite was a conventional act what was a conventional act to the early Christians?

A conventional act is "based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed." Early Christians did not believe that it was right to pray to men, rulers, or princes of the world system who called themselves Benefactors but who exercised authority one over the other. They considered such application for benefits to be a covetous practice and knew they were a snare that would jeopardize they liberty in Christ.

This was the Christian conflict with Rome and the conflict with true Christians and the Modern Christians of the world who do covet those benefits and are willing to be taking a bite out of one another in the myriad of social welfare benefits offered today.

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