text: My original question:
  
  If Jesus and his followers celebrated Eucharist as a communal meal seated around a table, what gives Rome the right to alter this simple act of worship (perhaps "fellowship" is a better word--more suited toward love of God and neighbor), given to us by the Lord himself?
  
  The correct answer:  
  
  As is typical for an institution founded on imperialistic principles, it was gross theological overreach for the Roman church to add to or alter the early Rule of Faith professed and practiced by the apostles and church fathers.