Grounds and Methods of Admission to Sealing Ordinances (Classic Reprint): Or, Who Should Be Received to the Lord's Table? Whose Children Should Be ... Receive Young Communicants? (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Understanding who may share in the Lord’s Supper and how churches decide membership

This study examines the grounds and methods of admission to sealing ordinances, including baptism and the Lord’s Supper. It explains two broad ways the term church is used in Scripture and surveys how reformers and different denominations have handled catechumens, infant baptism, and full communion in history.

Readers will encounter a historical range of views—from ideal views of a pure communion to the practical realities of church life across centuries. The work considers how churches tested profession of faith, obedience to church rules, and the covenant of grace as they admitted members and participants in the sacraments. It includes examples from Scotland, New England, Holland, and the Dutch Reformed Church, as well as discussions of catechetical instruction and the care of the young.

• Definitions of the Church as a universal and a visible body, and what these mean for church life
• Qualifications and debates around admission to baptism and the Lord’s Supper
• Historical approaches to catechumens, infants, and the half‑way covenant
• Practical forms and liturgies used in full communion ceremonies

Ideal for readers of church history, Reformed theology, and psalm history who want a concise, scripture‑based overview of admission to sealing ordinances.

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