JOwen
Puritan Board Junior
When Chalmers got rid of the table, did they pass the common cup up and down the pews or did multiple cups come in then? I think perhaps there were always more than one goblet in Scottish practice; I recall the reference in the Directory to "large cups," large being a reference to size or to "many" if used in the old use. I'm not clear which now.
The single cup remained with Chalmers. The singularity of the cup has been maintained in larger congregations in symbol, though two cups bight be passed down either side. During the Black Plague, multiple cups were permitted, but it was done by families, until such a time as the plague had passed. Interesting!