Q. 96. What is the Lord's Supper?
Question. What is the Lord's Supper?
Answer. The Lord's Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ's appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment, and growth in grace.
Proofs.
- [a] Luke 22:19-20; I Cor. 11:23-26
- [b] I Cor. 10:16-17
Source and provenance
Citation: Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 96, Wikisource digital text.
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Scripture refs: 1CO.10.16-1CO.10.17, 1CO.11.23-1CO.11.26, LUK.22.19-LUK.22.20
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