Baptists and Related Protestants
- primary theological development from 16th and 17th centuries
- Eucharistic theology: Memorialism
- Independent Baptist hold to the Relational Presence
- Calvinistic Baptists, in agreement with Presbyterians and the Reformed churches, hold to the doctrine of Pneumatic Presence. The doctrine is articulated in the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith and the Catechism.
- "The bread and cup that symbolize the broken body and shed blood offered by Christ remind us today of God's great love for us..."
- see Huldrych Zwingli, open communion
Read more about this topic: Eucharistic Theologies Summarised
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