What are your views on this form of communion? Does anyone know if John Calvin was ok with intinction? Also, what are your views on taking/receiving communion every week? I know some churches celebrate it every week and some do it much less. Thanks for your opinions.
2007-11-18 10:02:18 · 3 answers · asked by mom123 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Intinction is a way of receiving communion. In our church, when we use the intinction method, we go forward to receive the bread and then dip it the wine glass and eat it. Most of the time our church uses another method...having the elders pass the bread and wine down the pews.
2007-11-18 10:14:17 · update #1
Hadn't thought about it much, but intincture is definitely not how the gospels and 1 Cor 11 describe the Lord's Supper. There is a separate cup (in the same way, also the cup..) Specifics about how to celebrate and how much of the accounts in the Bible are prescriptive vs. descriptive can lead to a dangerous change in focus away from the remembrance of Christ's once-for-all death. To me, the Lord's Supper is symbolic, and the prime elements of the symbolism are:
- The bread (explicitly referenced in the Bible). We use little squares.
- The wine (also explicitly referenced in the Bible) We use wine, but we have a few cups of grape juice for people who cannot or will not have alcohol
Secondary symbolism is:
- The table. (Definitely present, often referenced as "The table of the Lord See 1 Cor 10, and Mal 1)
- The frequency. Bible indicates a weekly practise; Calvin I think was in favour of that as well. We practise every two months.
Tertiary symbolism is:
- Individual cups vs. communal cup (We use individual cups now, but that was a very divisive issue in our church.)
- Little squares vs. break your own chunk off a loaf. As I said, we have little squares. The minister breaks a larger piece of bread as he mentions.
Symbolism not originally present:
- Unity by eating and drinking at the same time
- Intincture which demonstrated a unity of the two elements of the sacrament.
Arguments over these things almost always take away from the remembrance element. When we face God, He knows our heart, and the motivation behind how, when, why we celebrate(d).
I hope this helps!
2007-11-19 10:10:51 · answer #1 · answered by Gerrit B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From a ritual angle, I always thought intincture was cleverly symbolic, since the wine in the bread mirrors the blood in the body.
2007-11-18 18:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the heck IS it?!?!
2007-11-18 18:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋