Question

The rumor that Christians practiced incestuous orgies most directly arose from misunderstandings of:


The “love feast”


Baptismal rituals


The practice of calling one another “brother” and “sister”


The Eucharist

Answer 1

The practice of calling one another “brother” and “sister.”

Explanation: Pagan observers misunderstood Christian forms of address and affectionate practices (the kiss of peace/agape gatherings), taking spiritual kinship and convivial intimacy literally and imagining sexual relations among those called “brother” and “sister.”