re mormon temples in article may athos rutgers edu shellgate llo uu psi com larry l overacker writes early in church history the catechumens were dismissed prior to the celebration of the eucharist it was secret giving rise to the rumors that christians i have no problem with the idea that catechumens be dismissed before the eucharist they were not considered qualified to participate were cannibals and all sorts of perverse claims the actions were considered too holy to be observed by non christians as well as potentially dangerous for the individual christian who might be identified does the dismissal in the early church mean that the eucharist was a secret i mean was it you don t have to stay from now on only the membership can participate you really don t have to hang around yes i know you re obliged to keep up attendance to qualify but now is an exception okay or was it you may not stay what happens next is secret when we have had reason to conduct business meetings after church we ve made it clear that only members can vote but we ve always been happy for non members to stay and observe do you have evidence for intentional secrecy other than rumours which will always happen when you have an underclass doing things not approved of by those in power christopher
