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Do the Elements Change into Jesus’ Flesh and Blood?
This week I want us to take a look at a more theological topic, but one that is very important – namely, do the elements of the Lord’s Supper change into the physical flesh and blood of Jesus? The Roman Catholic answer to that question was defined at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), [Jesus’] body and blood are truly contained in the sacrament of the altar under the forms of bread and wine, the bread and wine having been changed…
Is weekly communion a Catholic thing?
Is weekly communion a Catholic thing? That is a question some of you may have, and it is a justified one. After all, for some of you that may be the only context in which you have experienced weekly communion. The contemporary Roman Catholic church does indeed celebrate their mass weekly. But in this brief article I want to make the case that weekly communion is not a Roman Catholic thing. We are not interested in becoming more Roman Catholic…
Who is the Lord’s Supper for?
This week, we will consider the question – who is the Lord’s Supper for? Last week, we saw that the Lord’s Supper is the ordinance or sacrament of ongoing fellowship in the New Covenant assembly, the church. It follows, then, that the Lord’s Supper is for those who have fellowship in the New Covenant, that is, who are members of Christ’s body, the church. The ordinary order then, is baptism (ordinance of entrance into the New Covenant assembly) followed by…
