Next to the question of Justification by Faith only the problems connected with the Lord’s Supper present a wide field of controversy in the Reformation period. This is illustrated by the fact that four Articles are devoted to the consideration…

The controversy concerning infant baptism has occasioned much difficulty to many students. The great body of the Reformed Churches accept it. A determined and earnest company, however, reject it as unscriptural. There are two questions…

Next to the Sacrament of Holy Communion, the Sacrament of Baptism has occasioned possibly most discussion within the circle of the Christian Church. There is a tendency, against which we must be on our guard, to attribute to the external sign…

The twenty-sixth article is of considerable importance because it defines a very sharp line of cleavage between the Church of England and the Church of Rome. The controversy clusters round the very vexed problem of intention in the performance…

In our last article[1] we dealt with the general definition of sacraments instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ, as laid down in Article XXV. The Article proceeds to the disputed question as to the number of the Dominical sacraments. The term ‘Dominical’…

Article XIX Of the Church The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacrament be duly ministered according to Christ’s ordinance in all those things that of necessity…

We have to notice that there is an exclusiveness about Christianity. It asserts, quite emphatically, that there is only one way of salvation. This is the consistent message of the New Testament. Peter boldly declared to his interrogators:…