Quakers and The Salvation Army
- primary theological development from 17th century
- Eucharistic theology: suspension/Memorialism
- "The bread and wine remind us of Jesus' body and blood."
- see George Fox
- Quakers understand all of life as being sacramental and thus do not practice baptism or holy communion. "We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and in communion with that Spirit. If the believer experiences such spiritual baptism and communion, then no rite or ritual is necessary. ...The Quaker ideal is to make every meal at every table a Lord's Supper."
- Quakers and Salvationists do not practice Holy Communion in their worship, believing it was not meant to be a perpetually mandated ritual
Read more about this topic: Eucharistic Theologies Summarised
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