change: the Church was the New Temple (1 Cor. 3:16–17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:18–22; Heb. 8:1–2; 1 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 21:3).4 When the early Christians met they ate (Acts 2:42, 46; 20:7, 11; 1 Cor. 5:8; 10:16–17; 11: 17–34; Rev. 3:20). If the synagogue in the old world derived much of its liturgical structure from applying the details of the animal sacrifices to the gathered communities’ ritual worship, the post-Pentecost Church now understood herself to be the fulfillment of both temple and synagogue.