Baptists and the Communion of Saints

Baptists and the Communion of Saints

by Paul S. FiddesBrian Haymes and Richard Kidd
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/07/2014

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This book fuses the Church's traditional doctrine of the Communion of Saints and Baptists' theology of salvation and discipleship--charting how Baptists can speak of a communion of saints here and now. Paul Fiddes and his coauthors emphasize that this communion is only possible within the fellowship of the triune God who covenants with and for believers.


Reframing communion within a theology of covenant enables the affirmation of the practice of prayer and mutual support with all faithful disciples, both alive and dead. Such a covenantal understanding of communion avoids an unhealthy obsession with communication with those who have died. Baptists and the Communion of Saints thus makes a significant and practical difference in the way Baptists understand the nature of the church, prepare their worship, care for the dying and the bereaved, go on spiritual journeys, and celebrate baptism and the Lord's Supper.

ISBN:
9781481302777
9781481302777
Category:
Baptist Churches
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-07-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Baylor University Press

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