Children and the Lord's Supper
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  • 224 Pages
  • Publisher: Christian Focus
  • Publication Date: November 2011
  • ISBN: FWAT9781845507299

Children and the Lord's Supper

Duncan, J. Ligon (Editor); Waters, Guy (Editor)

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"But let a man examine himself" is a phrase that we may have heard of from 1 Corinthians 11 where man is to ask himself if he is right and meet to come and partake in the Lord's supper. But another question that is often asked is at what age is it okay for a child to partake in the Lord's supper. This book takes a constructive look at the doctrine of paedo-communion as defined: "as the admittance of a covenant child to the Lord's Supper on the basis of his descent from at least one professing Christian parent." Looking at this doctrine, these essays will provide food for thought across the various disciplines such as Biblical, Theological, historical and pastoral. It will be a guide as you seek to explore this key pastoral issue.

Contributors include Joel R. Beeke, Ligon Duncan, Bryan D. Estelle, Iain M. Duguid, George W. Knight III, Nick Needham, Derek W. H. Thomas, Cornelis Venema, and Guy Prentiss Waters.

About the Editors

Ligon Duncan, PhD, is the General Editor, and is the Senior Minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church (PCA), Jackson, Mississippi. He is now Adjunct Professor of Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS), where he was formerly the John R. Richardson Professor of Systematic Theology. He is Convener of the Twin Lakes Fellowship, a Council Member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Chairman of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and Secretary of the Board of Belhaven College.

Guy Waters is Associate Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson and has a particular interest in the letters and the theology of Paul. He is a teaching elder in the Mississippi presbytery.

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Publisher's Description

"But let a man examine himself" is a phrase that we may have heard of from 1 Corinthians 11 where man is to ask himself if he is right and meet to come and partake in the Lord's supper. But another question that is often asked is at what age is it okay for a child to partake in the Lord's supper. This book takes a constructive look at the doctrine of paedo-communion as defined: "as the admittance of a covenant child to the Lord's Supper on the basis of his descent from at least one professing Christian parent." Looking at this doctrine, these essays will provide food for thought across the various disciplines such as Biblical, Theological, historical and pastoral. It will be a guide as you seek to explore this key pastoral issue.

Contributors include Joel R. Beeke, Ligon Duncan, Bryan D. Estelle, Iain M. Duguid, George W. Knight III, Nick Needham, Derek W. H. Thomas, Cornelis Venema, and Guy Prentiss Waters.

About the Editors

Ligon Duncan, PhD, is the General Editor, and is the Senior Minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church (PCA), Jackson, Mississippi. He is now Adjunct Professor of Theology at the Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS), where he was formerly the John R. Richardson Professor of Systematic Theology. He is Convener of the Twin Lakes Fellowship, a Council Member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Chairman of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and Secretary of the Board of Belhaven College.

Guy Waters is Associate Professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson and has a particular interest in the letters and the theology of Paul. He is a teaching elder in the Mississippi presbytery.

  • Cover Type:
  • 224 Pages
  • Publisher: Christian Focus
  • Publication Date: November 2011
  • ISBN: FWAT9781845507299