Sorry, L.G. but your theology is as dated as dead leaves floating in a swamp.

1)I don't disagree with JESUS [historical, who lived in human time] calling God Father [Abba].  I disagree with people like you who don't understand what 'androgynous' means.  NO GENDER, NO SEX ORGANS.  God is pure Spirit.  In Sacred Scripture, God demonstrated qualities of both genders in dealing with the Jews.  


2), The very words of Christ to "take and eat" DID occur in the Upper Room. [Mt. 26:26-29; Mk 14:22; Lk 14-23; 1Cor. 11:23-26].  That set the standard of receiving the Eucharist for centuries UNTIL Christianity became the State Religion of the Empire during the 4th Century.

3) In the first three centuries, unordained people---trained others for life as a Christians, taught beliefs of Christian living, and led Christian communities.  Bishops were no longer chosen by the local communities, but appointed as were popes [often by the emperors].

4) Rituals had more to do with culture, than Jesus