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"As they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take and eat it; this is My body.'" -Matthew 26:26 (HCSB) A follow-up toBeliever's Baptismin the New American Commentary Studies in Bible & Theology series,The Lord's Supperexplores the current Baptist view of the communion sacrament. Contributors include Andreas Kostenberger ("The Lord's Supper as a Passover Meal"), Jonathan Pennington ("The Last Supper in the Gospels"), Jim Hamilton ("The Lord's Supper in Paul"), and Michael Haykin ("Communion in the Early Church"). Adding a helpful perspective, chapters are also provided on the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and Zwinglian views of communion.

Thomas R. Schreiner is the James Buchanan Harrison professor of New Testament Interpretation and associate dean of Scripture and Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Matthew R. Crawford is a graduate of Union University (B.A.) and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Adv. M.Div.) and is pursuing a Ph.D. in patristic exegesis and theology at Durham University in England.

List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Series Preface	p. xiv
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Was the Last Supper a Passover Meal?	p. 6
The Lord's Last Supper in the Fourfold Witness of the Gospels	p. 31
The Lord's Supper in Paul: An Identity-Forming Proclamation of the Gospel	p. 68
"A Glorious Inebriation": Eucharistic Thought and Piety in the Patristic Era	p. 103
Carolingian Conflict: Two Monks on the Mass	p. 127
The Theology of the Eucharist according to the Catholic Church	p. 151
On Faith, Signs, and Fruits: Martin Luther's Theology of the Lord's Supper	p. 193
The Meaning of the Lord's Supper in the Theology of Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)	p. 229
The Reformed View of the Lord's Supper	p. 248
Sounds from Baptist History	p. 285
Celebrating the Past and Future in the Present	p. 313
The Lord's Supper and Works of Love	p. 341
The Lord's Supper in the Context of the Local Church	p. 364
Epilogue	p. 391
Selected Bibliography	p. 395
Name Index	p. 405
Scripture Index	p. 409
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The Lord's Supper Remembering and Proclaiming Christ Until He Comes

The Lord's Supper Remembering and Proclaiming Christ Until He Comes

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