Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper

by Keith A. Mathison

Overview

“The primary purpose of this book is to introduce, explain, and defend a particular doctrine of the Lord’s Supper—the doctrine taught by John Calvin and most of the sixteenth-century Reformed confessions. It is the thesis of this book that Calvin’s doctrine of the Lord’s Supper is the biblical doctrine, the basic doctrine of the sixteenth century Reformed churches, and the doctrine that should be reclaimed and proclaimed in the Reformed church today.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780875521862
Publisher:	Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing
Publication date:	10/25/2002
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Keith A. Mathison (MA, Reformed Theological Seminary; PhD, Whitefield Theological Seminary) is professor of systematic theology at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Florida. He is the author of Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God? and Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope, among other works.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	xv
Part 1	The Historical Context
1	John Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper	3
2	Reformed Developments in the 1500s	49
3	Reformed Developments in the 1600s and 1700s	93
4	Reformed Developments in the 1800s and 1900s	129
Part 2	The Biblical Witness
5	Old Testament Shadows	179
6	The New Testament Reality	203
Part 3	Theological and Practical Issues
7	A Brief Critique of Other Eucharistic Doctrines	239
8	Toward a Reformed Eucharistic Orthodoxy	269
9	Practical Issues and Debates	291
Appendix	The Lord's Supper Before the Reformation	325
	Bibliography	353
	Index of Scripture and Early Christian Literature	361
	Index of Names	367

Editorial Reviews

The best and most comprehensive treatment of the Reformed doctrine of the Lord’s Supper I have ever seen. . . . a genuine ‘must read’ book.

R. C. Sproul

Argues cogently for the liturgical significance of returning to Calvin’s richly nuanced view of the real presence of Christ in the sacrament.

David E. Holwerda

I know of no other book that combines solid research, pastoral concern,polemical edge, and attention to oft-forgotten biblical passages with such skill. Any informed decision an the Supper will need to include the careful reading of this volume.

Michael S. Horton

To my mind, the most thorough and clearest exposition of the evangelical and Reformed view of the Lord’s Supper in recent memory. A ready antidote to many of the ills that threaten historic evangelicalism.

Frank A. James III