As a minister in the CREC, I advocate the practice of paedocommunion. Paedocommunion means that baptized children of at least one Christian parent is able to participate in the holy feast of the Church, the Lord’s Supper. Many Protestants have come to understand this position, as many have seen the consistency and the historical basis of it. Yet, the Roman Catholic Church has largely–and I should add the majority of the Protestant Church–rejected paedocommunion. The central argument rests on a de-contextualized passage in I Corinthians. Aside from the arguments for infant communion–
Paedocommunion vs. Rome
As a minister in the CREC, I advocate the practice of paedocommunion. Paedocommunion means that baptized children of at least one Christian parent is able to participate in the holy feast of the Church, the Lord’s Supper. Many Protestants have come to understand this position, as many have seen the consistency and the historical basis of it. Yet, the Roman Catholic Church has largely–and I should add the majority of the Protestant Church–rejected paedocommunion. The central argument rests on a de-contextualized passage in I Corinthians. Aside from the arguments for infant communion–