
Originally Posted by
TimV
I imagine there are a couple Reformed Anglicans or such like here who approve of the practice.
Historically the mainstream of Anglican thought and practice is to restrict communion to those who have been confirmed. High churchmen tend to view confirmation as a minor sacrament. Low churchmen tend to understand confirmation as a formal way of making profession of faith before coming to the Lords Table.
Since 1978 the Episcopal Church has formally fallen into apostacy. A new prayerbook has been adopted by the Episcopal Church. The Episcopal Church has ordained women as deacons, presbyters and bishops. Paedo communion has become the norm in liberal Episcopal circles.
Some Anglicans will argue for paedo communion based on the fact it is the practice of Eastern Orthodoxy. Venema gives the Biblical arguement; that should reassure Anglicans the historic western church practice of restricting communion to those who have been confirmed has merit.
Venema's book should be of value to Anglicans just as it is to our Presbyterian and Dutch Reformed brothers.
Thomas Yeutter,
Mason, MI
Member St. Patrick's Anglican Church, Comstock, MI
Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to do it and to teach its statues in Isreal.
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