The Reformation and the Lord’s Supper in Worship (1)
Griess examines how the Reformation of the sixteenth century restored a proper understanding of the Lord's Supper within corporate worship, contrasting the Reformed conception with the medieval Catholic deformation. Using the Heidelberg Catechism's Lord's Days 29-30 as a guide, the article demonstrates how the Lord's Supper functions as part of the covenantal dialogue between God and His people in worship, rather than as a work offered to God.
Previous article in this series: March 15, 2017, p. 277. Introduction Public, corporate worship is a covenantal assembly in which God the Sovereign enters into a holy dialogue with His people at His command and under the government of His will. We have seen that God has commanded that the sacraments be used as a part of this dialogue. God speaks in the sacraments, and we respond. We have seen how our Reformed fathers captured this notion of the holy dialogue of worship in the Reformed Forms...
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