My Thoughts on the Last Class...

The Reformation of the church that Calvin led beleived that the place for the administration sacraments were to be held high but did not believe in apostolic succession like the Catholics. There was no separation of Church and State and Calvin believed the entire city was to be the realm of the church. I found it interesting that the church was in control of who could and could not take communion ( because of sin) , it was not a personal decision and they controlled this. This reminds me of an article I read online about a leader in today’s Political realm who was told by his church that he could not take communion because of his stand on abortion. The political leader says he is Catholic but the church will not serve him communion because they believe strongly against communion. This strong stand on communion is still held today within the Catholic Church but not so much in Evangelical and Protestant settings.