Who May Be Invited to the Table?

While I include it on my syllabus in the required senior sacramental theology class, it comes up almost as soon as we begin studying the meaning and historical development of baptism and confirmation. [...]I can count on it coming up in the introductory class for first-year students. Yet the rapid s...

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Published in:Anglican theological review 2012-04, Vol.94 (2), p.233
Main Author: Meyers, Ruth A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baptism
Christianity
Clergy
Communion
Episcopal churches
Theology
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Summary:While I include it on my syllabus in the required senior sacramental theology class, it comes up almost as soon as we begin studying the meaning and historical development of baptism and confirmation. [...]I can count on it coming up in the introductory class for first-year students. Yet the rapid spread of this practice of an open invitation to communion and the testimony of individuals who have been led to Christian faith and baptism through participation in the eucharist lead me to wonder what is stirring in the Episcopal Church and how the Holy Spirit might be at work in this grassroots movement.
ISSN:0003-3286
2163-6214