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Originally Posted by fredtgreco  Acts 2:42 would actually argue for daily communion, rather than weekly communion. |
Hi Fred,
I don't think you are right here. Not least because, as I noted above, there is a difference between the "breaking of bread" in verse 42 is the Lord's supper whereas in verse 46 the "breaking bread" is likely a common meal. That is, they are not refering to the same thing.
There is also the issue of whether the term "daily" in verse 46 is to mean "every day" or whether it is refering to "every day that they met".
There is also the issue that even if you are correct that verse 46 is referring to the Lord's supper and daily means "every day" Luke tells us later in Acts that the practice changed to it being celebrated weekly. The RPW would then mean that we take the latest practice as being prescriptive, i.e. the latter trumps the former.
So, I would suggest that your argument has a number of creases that need to be ironed out.
Calvin notes that verse 42 is the Lord's Supper whilst verse 46 is a common meal:
Verse 42: "And my reason why I would rather have breaking of bread to be understood of the Lord’s Supper in this place is this, because Luke doth reckon up those things wherein the public estate of the Church is contained."
Verse 46: "
Breaking bread from house to house. Luke signifieth unto us, that they did not only show some token of true godliness publicly, but that the course and tenor of their private life was alone in that respect. For whereas some do think that in this place, by breaking of bread is meant the Holy Supper, it seemeth to me that Luke meant no such thing. He signifieth, therefore, unto us, that they used to eat together, and that thriftily."