THE LORD'S SUPPER A
CHURCH ORDINANCE,
AND
SO OBSERVED BY THE APOSTOLIC CHURCHES.
"Now I praise you, brethren, that ye...keep the ordinances,
as I delivered them to you [THE CHURCH]."-- Paul.
BY J. R. GRAVES, LL.D.,
EDITOR "THE BAPTIST," MEMPHIS, TENN.
BP BOG. PRESS
Texarkana, Texas
COPYRIGHT, 1881, BY J. R. GRAVES
MEMPHIS, TENN...., 1928
BY
BAPTIST SUN. SCH. COM.
...FIRST REPRINT 1968
SECOND REPRINT 1991604912
ISBN 0892110937
[...]
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THE LORD'S SUPPER A CHURCH ORDINANCE.
Definition of church ordinance.--The Supper demon-
strated to be a church ordinance--1. Each church
absolutely independent under Christ; 2. Each church
is made the guardian of the ordinances, and enjoined
to prevent the disqualified from partaking of them;
3. The symbolism of the Supper determine it beyond
question to be a church ordinance, since it symbolizes
church relations with the body celebrating the rite.--
Christ appointed it as a church ordinance--could not
have allowed His churches the right to contravene it.
--The churches of the first ages observed it as a
church ordinance.[...]
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