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Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D.A....

It is proposed that the Last Supper, and the derivative Lord’s Supper, can be conceived of in the same way as Austin and Searle’s speech-acts. First, the Lord’s Supper in its entirety is also an illocutionary act, the Lord by his Spirit does things. In the giving of the bread and the wine and through the accompanying words, the correlated aspects of divine love, forgiveness and eschatological hope are not merely attested to, but imparted. Just as the physical
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