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Lord’s Supper. Eucharist. Communion. Sacrament. Ordinance. Regardless of the many titles used to refer to the Christian meal, it is a central focus in Christian worship. While it’s the meal that should unite us as followers of Christ, it sometimes appears we can't even agree on what to call it, let alone how we might share a common theological view of its significance. Even if we cannot reach...

“We will see Calvin move from denying the Eucharist as an instrument of grace to affirming it as such. We will see Calvin develop a notion of substantial partaking of the true body and blood of Christ over his career; an emphasis that is practically absent, even denied, in his earliest teaching.”22 As a result of this development, Calvin’s view is best described as “instrumentalism,” the view that the elements and actions of the Lord’s Supper accomplish what they say. Calvin’s statement of instrumentalism
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