Constitutional Theology

Constitutional Theology
Author: Allan J. Janssen
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802848826

One of the RCAs foremost researchers here offers commentary that explains the proper roles of elders, deacons, classes, and synods and details the procedures necessary for successful church life. Based on the Book of Church Order, this helpful volume will assist church leaders in their callings and prevent the myriad difficulties that arise when appropriate procedures are not followed. A necessity for every pastor, elder, and deacon.

The Lord's Supper in the Reformed Church in America

The Lord's Supper in the Reformed Church in America
Author: Christopher Dorn
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781433100017

In The Lord's Supper in the Reformed Church in America: Tradition in Transformation, Christopher Dorn eloquently narrates the evolution that the celebration of the Lord's Supper has undergone in the Reformed Church in America (RCA). Building on the work of scholars who have chronicled this history in the period spanning the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries, Dorn extends the narrative into the twentieth century. He shows how the liturgical and ecumenical movements in this century created a climate in the RCA for liturgical research and reform - a climate that stimulated its leaders to reflect seriously on the formulation of its liturgy and their understanding of its use. In the last two chapters, he convincingly demonstrates how this process led to a reconception of the nature and meaning of the celebration of the Lord's Supper.