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dc.contributor.advisorAllison, Gregg R.
dc.contributor.authorHess, Zachary David
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T19:50:47Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T19:50:47Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-15
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10392/6747
dc.description.abstractThe night before Jesus died, the Lord presided over three important aspects in the upper room with his disciples. The Gospel accounts tell that Jesus ate a meal with the disciples, washed their feet, and shared the bread to represent his body and the cup to represent his blood. These three elements constitute the full representation of what Jesus did with his disciples and directed to their later followers. Together, their practice communicates unique spiritual truths that together form Threefold Communion. Communion is packed with far richer spiritual truths than what is commonly thought. This project demonstrates that the practice of Threefold Communion—consisting of the love feast, footwashing, and bread and cup—is the best application of the Lord’s Supper in light of the biblical evidence, theological symbolism, and formational benefit. I maintain that Threefold Communion is the biblical, best, and most beautiful way to picture the multi-dimensionality of the triune God’s redemptive work in history, his ongoing refining work in our lives, and his promise of coming renewal and consummation. Threefold Communion gives us the best practice because it contains past, present, and future dimensions, revealing its multifaceted nature. Finally, this process is formational because the Holy Spirit is working through Threefold Communion to transform and unite the church.en_US
dc.subject.lcshLord's Supper--Biblical teachingen_US
dc.subject.lcshLord's Supper--Historyen_US
dc.titleA Comprehensive Ordinance: A Biblical, Theological, and Formational Case for Threefold Communionen_US
dc.typeElectronic thesisen_US
dc.typeText
dc.type.qualificationnameTh.M.en_US
dc.publisher.institutionSouthern Baptist Theological Seminaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Theology


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