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Daniel Ragusa/August 21, 2016
The Lord’s Supper: Calvin and the Belgic Confession Keeping it Simple
The Lord’s Supper is a profound mystery, and yet it’s so simple that anyone who has taken a bite of food and a gulp of water can understand it. Some may …
Glen Clary/May 20, 2016
Vos on the Connection between Word and Sacrament
Reformed theologians have regularly underscored the relationship between Word and sacraments. The sacraments are appended to the Word for the purpose of confirming or sealing it. The sacraments do not …
Glen Clary/May 18, 2016
Paul’s Tricky Use of “Body” in the Lord’s Supper
If you’ve ever studied the letters of Paul, you know how difficult they are to understand. Christians in the New Testament era and apparently even the apostle Peter found Paul’s …
Glen Clary/May 18, 2016
Calvin on Union with Christ through Word and Sacrament
In his “Summary of Doctrine Concerning the Ministry of the Word and the Sacraments,” Calvin articulates the idea of union and communion with Christ through the means of grace. The …
Glen Clary/May 17, 2016
Catholic Describes Communion Service in Calvin’s Church
What was the Communion service like in Calvin’s Geneva? One Catholic who attended a service gave the following description. Three or four times a year, according to the will of …
Glen Clary/May 12, 2016
Warfield on the Fundamental Meaning of the Lord’s Supper
According to some Pauline scholars, 1 Corinthians 10:14–22 “has been remarkably underused in most churches’ theology and liturgy of the Lord’s Supper.”[1] Theologians and liturgiologists tend to focus on what …