Ecclesiology
Studies surrounding issues in the church: sacraments, ordinances, offices, etc.The Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
The church of Jesus Christ alone is the channel for all the means of grace. Paul says, “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone,” (Eph. 2:20). John Calvin called the church the “mother of all the godly” (in light of all those who have God as their Father), for there is no salvation outside of it. He says, “Beyond the pale of the Church no forgiveness of sins, no salvation, can be hoped for, as Isaiah and Joel testify (Isa. 37:32; Joel 2:32.) To their testimony Ezekiel subscribes, when he declares, “They shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel,” (Ezek. 13:9)…By these words the paternal favour of God and the special evidence of spiritual life are confined to his peculiar people, and hence the abandonment of the Church is always fatal,” Calvin, John, Institutes of the Christian Religion, (Edinburgh: The Calvin Translation Society, 1845) 4:1:4. See also Acts 2:40-41, 47, and the 1647 Westminster Confession of Faith, “The visible church, which is also catholic or universal under the gospel (not confined to one nation, as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion; and of their children: and is the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, the house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation.” As well, the Belgic Confession says, “We believe, since this holy congregation is an assembly of those who are saved, and that out of it there is no salvation,” (Article 28). Christ has authorized the church, (Eph. 1:22-23), and only the church, working in the power of the Holy Spirit, (Micah 3:8; Luke 4:14; Rom. 15:19), for the gathering of the elect, (Mark 13:27), the edification of the saints, (Rom. 14:17-19), and the building up of His spiritual body (Jude 1:20). He qualifies the church for this great task by endowing her with spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 14:12; Eph. 4:8), and by the institution of the offices (1 Tim. 3:1ff; Eph. 4:11-12), for the administration of the Word (2 Tim. 4:2; Rom. 10:8) and the sacraments, (Psa. 99:7; 1 Cor. 11:2, 20; Luke 22:17ff; Matt. 3:16, 26:26ff; Acts 2:38; 1 Cor. 1:13), which are used to lead the elect to their eternal destiny.
Baptism
The Sacramental Principle by William Cunningham
A Baptist Proves that Baptism is not by Immersion by Unknown
Baptism by Francis A. Schaeffer
A Practical Discourse concerning Vows: with a Special Reference to Baptism and the Lord’s Supper by Edmund Calamy
Baptism by Charles Hodge
Baptism by Ulrich Zwingli
Baptism and Infant Baptism by A. A. Hodge
Difficulties About Baptism by Douglas Bannerman
Infant Baptism by John Calvin
Dr. Jonathan Edwards On Infant Baptism – Part 1
Dr. Jonathan Edwards On Baptism – Part 2
Infant Baptism by Martin Luther
Infant Baptism: Scriptural and Reasonable Part 1 by Rev. Samuel Miller
Infant Baptism Scriptural and Reasonable Part 2 by Rev. Samuel Miller
Infant Baptism Scriptural and Reasonable Parts 3-4 by Rev. Samuel Miller
Of Infant Baptism and Dipping by Dr. John Owen
Retracting Credobaptism by Fowler White
The Doctrine Surrounding Infant Baptism by Ezekiel Hopkins
The Polemics of Infant Baptism by Benjamin B. Warfield
Why We Baptize Infants by John Murray
The Subjects of Baptism by Dr. Wilhelmus a’Brakel
aptism: Its Meaning and Purpose by Greg L. Bahnsen
Cross-Examination: Infant Baptism by Greg Bahnsen
What Does it Mean to be Reformed – Really? by C. Matthew McMahon
Christian Baptism by Louis Berkhof
A Practical Treatise on the Sacrament of Baptism by John Warden
Lectures on Baptism by Thomas M’Crie
Answers to Some Questions on Baptism by John Knox
Is Roman Catholic Baptism Valid?
Lord’s Supper
An Explanation of the Lord’s Supper by the Westminster Assembly
Gospel Worship, or, The Right Manner of Sanctifying the name of God in General, in Hearing the Word, Receiving the Lord’s Supper, and Prayer by Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646) – Highly recommend reading this!!
Of the Real Presence of Christ in the Supper by James Ussher
A Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper by John Calvin
The Lord’s Supper and It’s Benefits by John Calvin
A Summary of the Lord’s Supper by John Knox
A Discourse on the Lord’s Supper by Peter Martyr Vermigli
The Lord’s Supper by Thomas Doolittle
Should Wine Be Substituted in the Lord’s Supper? by Martin Luther
The Lord’s Supper by John Calvin
The Elements of the Lord’s Supper by Herman Bavinck
The Elements of the Lord’s Supper by Charles Hodge
The Use of the Communion Table in the Lord’s Supper by James Begg
Paedocommunion and Covenant Theology Edited by C. Matthew McMahon
What Mean Ye? by Rev. Richard bacon (A good article against Paedo-communion, but helping to understand the Passover in light of the Lord’s Supper.)
14 Communion Sermons on the Lord’s Supper by Samuel Rutherford
Against Consubstatiation by Francis Turretin
Wine in the Bible and the Church by G.I. Williamson
The Bible and Weekly Communion by Shawn Matthis (PDF)
Sermons on the Lord’s Supper by Robert Bruce
A Sacramental Catechism by John Willison
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper by James Bannerman
The Lord’s Supper by Thomas Houston
Various Works on the Lord’s Supper, a Bibliography by Thomas Houston
Lord’s Supper Resources from Ligonier Ministry and RC Sproul
On the Proper Time for the Admission of Recent Converts to the Full Communion of the Church Princeton Review, vol. 5, no.3, July, 1833.
Debarring and Inviting Service – at the administration of the Lord’s Supper by Rev. S. Bowden (1871)
Arguments Against Paedocommunion by Peter Deitsch
For Paedocommunion – The History of Paedocommunion from the Early Church Until 1500 by Tommy Lee (Debukned by the following articles:)
Paedocommunion on the Puritanboard with some notes by C. Matthew McMahon
A Summary Against Paedocommunion by Dr. Nigel Lee
Paedocommunionism vs. Protestantism by Dr. Nigel Lee
A Catechism for Converting Paedocommunionists by Dr. Nigel Lee
How Hostile is Paedocommunion to the Westminster Standards? by Rev. Lane Keister
Paedocommunion at the Puritanboard Thread 2
The True History of Paedocommunion by Rev. Matthew WInzer
Children at the Table: A Summary Critique of Paedocommunion
Children at the Lord’s Table, by Cornel Venema
Arguments Against Paedocommunion by Peter Dietsch
Children and the Lord’s Supper book Critique
Paedocommunion: A Biblical Examination by Brian Schwertley
