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Vocabulary for Lesson 24 (Vocab Quiz/Test 6.3)
Write each bold word in the Vocabulary section of your notebook with room for a 2-3 line definition.
- worthy reception
- Receiving the Lord's body and blood as a penitent sinner with faith in His words, "This is My body, which is given for you.... This cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins." Such reception presupposes Baptism and catechesis. [199]
- examination
- When the pastor questions a person to discern his confession of faith, before confirming him, granting him membership in the congregation, absolving him, or admitting him to the Lord's Table. [200]
- closed communion
- The Lord's Table is only open to those who (1) are baptized Christians; (2) confess faith in Christ alone for salvation; (3) confess faith in the real presence, namely, the word of Christ, "This is My body, which is given for you....This cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins"; (4) are penitent sinners who are not under church discipline in our congregation or elsewhere; (5) are one with us in their confession of faith. Ordinarily this means members of our congregation, sister congregations, or other churches with whom we are in altar and pulpit fellowship.
- NOTE: To commune at a church's altar is to say "AMEN" to the faith that is taught and confessed in that church. When you visit sister congregations of our Synod, or when guests of sister congregations visit with you at our Divine Service, it is proper to announce to the pastor the desire to commune at the Lord's Table before approaching the altar. [201]
- altar fellowship
- To confess agreement with the doctrine that is confessed and preached in a church by attending the Lord's Supper at that church's altar. [202]
- pulpit fellowship
- To confess agreement with a church's public doctrine of the Gospel and sacraments by preaching in its service, or allowing a pastor or someone of another church to preach in our service. [203]
- fellowship
- (1) To be joined together with other Christians in hearing preaching and receiving the Sacrament of the Altar (external fellowship in the doctrine of the Gospel, confession, creed, and sacramental administration). (2) The association of faith and the Holy Spirit in the hearts of Christians that is created and nurtured by the pure preaching of the Gospel and the faithful administration of the sacraments according to Christ's institution (hidden fellowship in the Holy Spirit and faith). [204]