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The Bread of the World
In the Middle Ages, most people got something like 80% of their calories from bread. Catholics believe that communion bread transubstantiates into the body of Christ. For most of our long history with bread, the bread we ate was made in our homes. A hundred plus years ago, bakeries were generally dirty and often underground.
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