Kaalvenist
Puritan Board Sophomore
The following denominations formerly maintained close communion, or the principle that only communicant members in good standing of a congregation (or presbytery/classis) of the denomination could partake of the Lord's Supper:
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Christian Reformed Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod (New Lights)
United Presbyterian Church of North America
I realize that the last two denominations no longer exist -- the New Light RPs, through successive mergers in 1965 and 1982, ended up in the PCA; and the UPCNA, through mergers in 1958 and 1983, ended up in the PCUSA. But all of these denominations, for quite some time in their histories, maintained the position of close communion.
Does anyone know (or better, can anyone provide documentation) when these denominations abandoned close communion?
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Christian Reformed Church
Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Synod (New Lights)
United Presbyterian Church of North America
I realize that the last two denominations no longer exist -- the New Light RPs, through successive mergers in 1965 and 1982, ended up in the PCA; and the UPCNA, through mergers in 1958 and 1983, ended up in the PCUSA. But all of these denominations, for quite some time in their histories, maintained the position of close communion.
Does anyone know (or better, can anyone provide documentation) when these denominations abandoned close communion?