The Lord's Supper: Eternal Word in Broken Bread

by Letham, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780875522029
• ISBN10: 0875522025
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co

Summary

A call to a renewed hunger and thirst for the Lord's Supper, this book unfolds a historic Reformed understanding in contrast to other views. Building on careful biblical analysis, Robert Letham explains why we have the Supper, how we partake of Christ in it, who should take communion, and related matters.

Author Biography

Robert Letham (M.A.R., Th.M., Westminster Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is senior minister of Emmanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Delaware. He teaches theology at Westminster Seminary, Chesapeake Theological Seminary, and Reformed Theological Seminary, Washington/Baltimore. He is author of The Work of Christ and Reformed Dogmatics 1523-1619.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Biblical Foundations of the Lord's Supper	3	(16)
The Lord's Supper and Passover
New Testament Terminology
What Happens in the Eucharist
Jesus as the Bread of Life
Other References or Allusions to the Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper in Church History	19	(12)
Physical Presence: Transubstantiation
Physical Presence: Consubstantiation
Real Absence: Memorialism
Real Spiritual Presence: Communion
The Lord's Supper in Reformed Theology	31	(18)
John Calvin
The Westminster Standards
The Lord's Supper in Practice	49	(12)
Elements of the Lord's Supper
Paedo-Communion?
Frequency of the Lord's Supper
Epilogue: The Lord's Supper and the Future	61	(4)
Notes	65	(8)
Index of Scripture	73