Giving What Is Sacred to Dogs? Welcoming All to the Eucharistic Feast
This article sets out to provide a context for contemporary discussions about baptism and Eucharist — specifically, the practice of offering communion to those who have not been baptized — and will examine the baptismal theology of the early church and compare this with the thinking of contemporary...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2005
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Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-74 |
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Summary: | This article sets out to provide a context for contemporary discussions about baptism and Eucharist — specifically, the practice of offering communion to those who have not been baptized — and will examine the baptismal theology of the early church and compare this with the thinking of contemporary reformers. I will review scriptural evidence, Patristic thought, and some contemporary scholarship, demonstrating no evidence to support a claim of returning to the authentic roots of the tradition. Rather than condemn or condone the practice of communicating the unbaptized, I recommend that we study it more carefully — lest the church miss a significant opportunity for evangelism. Yet caveat lector: this practice remains an exception — not the norm. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1740355305052822 |