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    Children at the Lord's Table?: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion
    Children at the Lord's Table?: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion
    Children at the Lord's Table?: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion
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    Children at the Lord's Table?: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion

    By Cornelis P. Venema

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    A growing trend among Reformed churches is the practice of admitting young children to the Lord’s Supper. In Children at the Lord’s Table? , Cornelis P. Venema provides an insightful analysis of the theoretical arguments used by advocates of this recent trend. After clarifying terms and explaining arguments often made in favor of paedocommunion, he considers the history of the church’s confessions, teaching, and practice regarding the proper recipients of the Lord’s Supper.

    Presenting a historical, exegetical, and systematic treatment of the subject, Venema demonstrates the validity and value of having covenant children partake of first communion subsequent to their personal profession of faith. This is an invaluable resource for every pastor within the Reformed tradition.

    Table of Contents:
    1. Introducing the Question
    2. Paedocommunion in Church History
    3. Paedocommunion and the Reformed Confessions
    4. The Old Testament Evidence Regarding the Participation of Children in Covenant Observances
    5. The New Testament Evidence Regarding Paedocommunion
    6. A Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 111:17-34
    7. Concluding Observations and Evaluation
    Appendix: Covenant Theology and Baptism
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReformation Heritage Books
    Release dateMar 2, 2009
    ISBN9781601782021
    Children at the Lord's Table?: Assessing the Case for Paedocommunion
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    Cornelis P. Venema

    Cornelis P. Venema (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) serves as the president of Mid-America Reformed Seminary, where he also teaches doctrinal studies. He is also an associate pastor of the Redeemer United Reformed Church of Dyer, Indiana, and the co-editor of the Mid-America Journal of Theology. He and his wife, Nancy, have four children and twelve grandchildren.

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      This is an excellent book. Thoughtful and thorough, cogent, and grounded in Reformed theology. Venema works through the issue of children at the Lord's Table from historical, confessional and Biblical points-of-view, and without saying so directly, pastorally. I highly commend this, particularly for pastors and elders within the Reformed tradition.

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