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The practice of passing the sacrament first to the presiding leader is a practice that started about 100 years ago in the Church. There are at least two reasons for which the presiding authority is passed the sacrament first:
There are, for example, stories of Church authorities who passed the sacrament to the congregation before partaking of it themselves.
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, click here
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