Close communion is the practice of permitting only some to come to Lord’s Supper. Close communion can be contrasted with two other views or practices: it is really the intermediate position between them..
FAQ: Why No Lord's Supper On the Mission Field?
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 27 (“Lord's Supper")
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.
Lesson 27 is "The Lord's Supper."
The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:
Part 1: The sign and seal of the Lord's Supper; a real partaking by faith.
Part 2: False views on the presence of Christ in the Supper (Zwinglianism, transubstantiation, consubstantiation); Reformed objections to the Roman Catholic "Mass."
The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA.
Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 27.
Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins. Download the attachments below.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 27 (“Lord's Supper" [2])
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 27 (“Lord's Supper"[1])
No Such Thing As The Perfect Church ...
"But there is no such thing as a perfect church!"
Let's face it, churches in Europe, and in Ireland in particular are very weak. Many of them are false. Many of them teach false doctrine. Many of them teach confusing mixtures of doctrine. Many of them teach no doctrine at all. In many of them the sacraments are corrupted, and there has been no church discipline for generations.
Few deny this charge who look objectively and dispassionately at the situation.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 26 (“Baptism")
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine is a systematic doctrine class aimed at older teenagers, but adapted in Ireland for adults who want to learn all the doctrines of Christianity.
Lesson 26 is "Baptism."
The main subjects covered in this Lesson are:
Part 1: The meaning of baptism.
Part 2: Infant baptism
The LRF runs an adult reformed doctrine class in which we work through the Essentials of Reformed Doctrine catechism booklet published by the PRCA.
Below you will find the lesson outlines based on Lesson 26.
Each lesson outline comes as a handy PDF formatted to be printed as a single double-sided page with narrow margins. Download the attachments below.
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 26 (“Baptism" [2])
Essentials of Reformed Doctrine: Lesson 26 (“Baptism" [1])