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NASB | Luke 22:19 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 22:19 And when He had taken bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." |
Bible Question: are baptists closed communionist? |
Bible Answer: Dear Bremda, Having some particular familiarity with this subject, I would offer a slight correction to Val's answer. The 1644 London Baptist Confession of Faith simply stated that the Lord's Supper was to be participated in by those who have made a profession of faith and have been baptized. The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith stated more explicitly "All ignorant and ungodly persons, as they are unfit to enjoy communion with Christ, so are they unworthy of the Lord's table, and cannot, without great sin against him, while they remain such, partake of these holy mysteries, or be admitted thereunto; yea, whosoever shall receive unworthily, are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, eating and drinking judgment to themselves. (2 Corinthians 6:14, 15; 1 Corinthians 11:29; Matthew 7:6)" (Chapter 30, Paragraph 8) In America, the 1742 Philadelphia Confession of Faith simply reiterated the 1689 LBCF. Meanwhile, in 1757 John Gill sought to clarify this statement a bit more explicitly. In his confession he wrote "That Baptism (Matthew 28:19, 20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26) and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of Christ, to be continued until His second coming; and that the former is absolutely requisite to the latter; that is to say, that those (Acts 2:41 9:18, 26) only are to be admitted into the communion of the church, and to participate of all ordinances in it, (Mark 16:16; Acts 8:12, 36, 37 and 16:31-34 and 8:8) who upon profession of their faith, have been baptized, (Matthew 3:6, 16; John 3:23; Acts 8:38, 39; Romans 6:4; Col. 2:12) by immersion, in the name of the Father, (Matthew 28:19) and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (Paragraph 11) Back in the States, again, the 1833 New Hampshire Baptist Confession simply qualified that "members of the Church, by the sacred use of bread and wine, are to commemorate together the dying love of Christ (1 Corinthians 11:26; Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20); preceded always by solemn self-examination (1 Corinthians 11:28; 5:1, 8; 10:3-32; 11:17-32; John 6:26-71)." The 1858 Abstract of Principles limited participation to rightly baptized believers (Paragraph 15). However, there is a further implication in Paragraph 16 that communion is an exercise of one's continued "church fellowship." The 1925 Baptist Faith and Message softens the specific requirements. However, the 1963 and 2000 qualify communion as an act to be participated in by "members of the church" in a much more similar fashion to that of the older confessions. In summary, then, Baptists have almost universally asserted that only baptized believers in right standing with a local church are to participate in the Lord's Supper. However, how this is walked out, as Val stated, is often a matter decided on by the local congregation. Baptists, on the whole, tend to be pretty independent. Consequently, if this is a doctrine held in high regard by the pastor, it might be carefully enforced. Everywhere else it tends to rarely be a matter of much consideration. By default, therefore, those churches practice an open communion. This was probably more than you wanted to know. :-) In Him, Doc |
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