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Fractio Panis (English: Breaking of Bread) is the name given to a fresco in the Greek Chapel (Capella Greca) in the Catacomb of Priscilla, situated on the Via Salaria Nova in Rome. The fresco depicts seven persons at a table, possibly all women, due to the long skirts (men's wouldn't come past the calf), veil, and all of their upswept hair.
Jesus is located centrally in the painting surrounded by his disciples with six on each side, and he holds a loaf of bread with a cup of wine in front of him. Out of all of the figures, he is the most in the light with the figures to the farthest left being the most in shadow.
The last episode, far less commonly shown, is the Farewell Discourse, the farewell of Jesus to his disciples. By this point Judas Iscariot is no longer present, having left the supper; it is mostly found in Italian trecento painting. The depictions here are generally melancholy, as Jesus prepares his disciples for his departure. [1]
The painting depicts the moment when the resurrected but incognito Jesus reveals himself to two of his disciples (presumed to be Luke and Cleopas) in the town of Emmaus, only to soon vanish from their sight (Gospel of Luke 24: 30–31). Cleopas wears the scallop shell of a pilgrim. The other apostle wears torn clothes.
During the journey to Emmaus, according to Alfred McBride, Jesus patiently guided the two disciples "from hopelessness to celebration" [8] and also intended to nourish the two disciples' faith to such an extent that they can see "his real presence in the breaking of the bread". [19]
Calvin also believed that the acts of Jesus at the Last Supper should be followed as an example, stating that just as Jesus gave thanks to the Father before breaking the bread, [83] those who go to the Lord's table to receive the sacrament of the Eucharist must give thanks for the "boundless love of God" and celebrate the sacrament with both ...
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The Last Supper shows images of Jesus and the Apostles sitting around a pronent dining table in the shape of a U. [1] Disciples converse, and both Judas and John lean toward Jesus, as is tradition. [1] Jesus is shown near the center, with his right hand raised and index and middle fingers together, which is an archetypal gesture of bestowed ...