The Reformation and the Lord’s Supper in Worship (2)
This article examines how the Reformation restored proper biblical understanding of the Lord's Supper in worship by recovering the doctrine of Christ's once-for-all sacrifice and the end of the Levitical priesthood. Griess argues that the book of Hebrews, written against Jewish legalism, also serves as a critique of Roman Catholic eucharistic theology, demonstrating how both systems wrongly perpetuate the need for repeated sacrifices contrary to Scripture.
Previous article in this series: July 2017, p. 427. Introduction The Lord's Supper in the dialogue of worship was not always understood the scriptural way we have described it in these articles. In our previous article we examined how Rome views the Lord's Supper in worship. In this article we want to understand how and why the Reformation was used of God to restore the church to a proper understanding of the Lord's Supper in worship. Restoration of the gospel When the Reformation returned...
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