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To: D-fendr

Baptists don’t “do” sacraments / eucharist, so we wouldn’t have covered those topics.


62 posted on 11/01/2017 7:33:30 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

I think they are termed “ordinances” in Baptist theology.


69 posted on 11/01/2017 9:57:07 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Here’s what I find that may apply to Baptists, from my previous link:

Reformed theology has traditionally taught that Jesus’ body is seated in heaven at the right hand of God; therefore his body is not physically present in the elements, nor do the elements turn into his body in a physical or any objective sense. However, Reformed theology has also historically taught that when the Holy Communion is received, not only the Spirit, but also the true body and blood of Jesus Christ (hence “real”) are received through the Spirit, but these are only received by those partakers who eat worthily (i.e., repentantly) with faith. The Holy Spirit unites the Christian with Jesus though they are separated by a great distance. See, e.g., Westminster Confession of Faith, ch. 29; Belgic Confession, Article 35.

The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, in which Reformed Baptists believe, affirms the Lord’s Supper to be a means of “spiritual nourishment and growth”, stating:

The supper of the Lord Jesus was instituted by him the same night wherein he was betrayed, to be observed in his churches, unto the end of the world, for the perpetual remembrance, and showing to all the world the sacrifice of himself in his death, confirmation of the faith of believers in all the benefits thereof, their spiritual nourishment, and growth in him, their further engagement in, and to all duties which they owe to him; and to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him, and with each other.


70 posted on 11/01/2017 10:07:57 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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