bservation, is the value of open communion?...In discussing the subject with Baptists, they lay great stress on it; but practically they attach little importance to itàIt answers several purposes besides those which charity would accomplish. We, it is said, place no bar to the Lord's supperùwe invite all his friends to itùall who desire to do so may partake of it...Baptists maintain that all believers, even those baptized in infancy, should be immersed on a profession of their faithàcharity rejoiceth in the truth. (http://www.pbministries.org/Baptists/J.%20B.%20Jeter/baptist_principles_reset/bpr_p1_12.htm)
The mythology of the communion ceremony for Baptists is derived from the Biblical account of events as recorded within the Gospels of Jesus' Last Passover Celebration with the disciples. With the death of Jesus pending, the occasion was solemn. The only food mentioned was that of unleavened bread broken and passed around for each participant and a cup of wine. What is the significance of the bread?:
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