The Reformers and the Christian State

The Reformers including Luther, Calvin and Zwingli were acting in a context in which it was the established norm that the state was Christian.  If the early church fathers were acting pre-Christendom and we live in a post Christendom world, Calvin and the early reformed lived within Christendom.  Whilst the radical reformers would in effect… Continue reading The Reformers and the Christian State

“This is my body” … what exactly do we eat at communion?

I want to return to something we looked at a bit earlier this week.  What was it that Jesus said at the last supper and what does this mean for when we take communion today? Mark 14:22-25 reports: 22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave… Continue reading “This is my body” … what exactly do we eat at communion?