Q183: For whom are we to pray?
A183: We are to pray for the whole church of Christ upon earth; for magistrates, and ministers; for ourselves, our brethren, yea, our enemies; and for all sorts of men living, or that shall live hereafter; but not for the dead, nor for those that are known to have sinned the sin unto death."
"Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." -- 2 Samuel 12:21-23 AV
"But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." -- Hebrews 10:12-14
Thanks very much for your reply. Is there anything akin to the Communion of Saints in Calvinism?
Charactristically for the wobbly edifice of Cavinism, the quote says nothing about the question of praying for the dead beside mentioning the question. Let alone the fact that the Old Testament cannot be used to elucidate this fundamentally post-Incarnation issue.