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THE GOSPEL IN THE SUPPER
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A Meal For The Road
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John Calvin said that the true church is where the gospel is
faithfully preached and the sacraments faithfully administered.
This was in an age when the Western Church had come to think of
itself in many more complex and political ways. The church, it
was said, is wherever allegiance is given to Peter's successor in
Rome; wherever daily mass is said by priests in the apostolic
succession; and where adherents practice many rules and
observances. The church for them was a power-broker, defining
kingdoms and crowning monarchs.
faithfully preached and the sacraments faithfully administered.
This was in an age when the Western Church had come to think of
itself in many more complex and political ways. The church, it
was said, is wherever allegiance is given to Peter's successor in
Rome; wherever daily mass is said by priests in the apostolic
succession; and where adherents practice many rules and
observances. The church for them was a power-broker, defining
kingdoms and crowning monarchs.
