text: You think Rome invented the sacrificial nature of the mass, eh? When you take Rome's word for it, it is quite easy to be hoodwinked into believing just about anything.  From a solidly Jewish resource, for example:
  
  "Sacrifice is an ancient and universal human expression of religion. Greeks and Romans and Canaanites and Egyptians all offered sacrifices to their gods. Sacrifice existed among the Hebrews long before the giving of the Torah. Cain and Abel offered sacrifices; Noah and his sons offered sacrifices, and so forth. When the laws of sacrifice were given to the Children of Israel in the Torah, the pre-existence of a system of sacrificial offering was understood, and sacrificial terminology was used without any explanation." (jewfaq-dot-org)
  
  Do you not know that early Christian worship was forbidden under Rome's purview, and that early followers gathered in people's homes for worship and thanksgiving? Rome didn't even differentiate it from Judaism until about 50AD--c'mon now Trid!