The outward Elements in this Ordinance, duly set apart to the Uses ordained by Christ, have such Relation to him crucified, as that truly, although in Terms used figuratively, they are sometimes called by the Name of the Things they represent, to wit, the Body and Blood of Christ, albeit in Substance and Nature, they still remain truly and onlya Bread and Wine, as they were before.b
a. 1 Corinthians 11:27
1 Corinthians 11:27
11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
11:27 Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
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b. 1 Corinthians 11:26, 28
1 Corinthians 11:26; 1 Corinthians 11:28
11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. 11:28 Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
The outward Elements in this Ordinance, duly set apart to the Uses ordained by Christ, have such Relation to him crucified, as that truly, although in Terms used figuratively, they are sometimes called by the Name of the Things they represent, to wit, the Body and Blood of Christ, albeit in Substance and Nature, they still remain truly and only Bread and Wine, as they were before.
The outward Elements in this Ordinance, duly set apart to the Uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to him crucified, as that truly, although in terms used figuratively, they are sometimes called by the Name of the things they represent, to wit, the Body and Blood of Christ, albeit in Substance and Nature, they still remain truly and only Bread and Wine, as they were before.
Philadelphia Confession of Faith (1742), Paragraph 32.5
The outward Elements in this Ordinance, duly set apart to the Uses ordained by Christ, have such Relation to him crucified, as that truly, although in Terms used figuratively, they are sometimes called by the Name of the Things they represent, to wit, the Body and Blood of Christ, albeit in Substance and Nature, they still remain truly and only Bread and Wine, as they were before.
