S. Spence
Puritan Board Freshman
(Not sure if this is the correct place to put this thread.)
I’ve been reading (on and off) Keith A. Mathison’s, “Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper.”
I’ve found this to be a very helpful book on the Calvin’s view of the Lord’s Supper – it’s just that in my experience not many people hold to that view which in essence says that Christ is really present at the Supper, not because He has descended down from Heaven during communion but because in some mystical way the Holy Spirit lifts the soul of the believer up into Heaven into the presence of Christ. This seems to be a middle ground somewhere between the Lutheran and Zwinglian views.
So how many of you folks view the Supper from this perspective?
What scripture can we use to support this view?
I’ve been reading (on and off) Keith A. Mathison’s, “Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper.”
I’ve found this to be a very helpful book on the Calvin’s view of the Lord’s Supper – it’s just that in my experience not many people hold to that view which in essence says that Christ is really present at the Supper, not because He has descended down from Heaven during communion but because in some mystical way the Holy Spirit lifts the soul of the believer up into Heaven into the presence of Christ. This seems to be a middle ground somewhere between the Lutheran and Zwinglian views.
So how many of you folks view the Supper from this perspective?
What scripture can we use to support this view?