text: Thanks for the elucidation, Monica.  Now let's examine your statements here.  I would suggest that Jesus  was a fervent and practicing Jew, hence regular attendance at Sabbath meals and synagogue services each week.  Early traditions and writings (Justin Martyr) would suggest that the Way maintained those ritual practices, however moving the "meal" to Sunday, the Lord's Day, and ultimately bringing the synagogue service there as well, when they were refused entrance into Jewish communities.  As rituals were set from times before Jesus, were practiced by Jesus himself, and followed directly into early Christian practice, so has the Tradition continued.  Thus, I would agree that the Church evolved into a community dependent on rituals, but I would aver - more! - that Jesus' practice in his Jewish life and the practice of The Way continued the "attachment"  even though the gospels do not capture Jesus giving us such "shoulds."  see my next reply