Profession of Faith and Admission to Communion in the Light of I Corinthians II and other Passages

This paper is offered as a preliminary contribution to the debate on the admission of children to Holy Communion. It attempts to examine the basis for the practice, current in many churches, of requiring some Profession of Faith or Confirmation as an essential precondition to participation in the sa...

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Main Author: Pritchard, Norman M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1980
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 1980, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-70
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