Question 103

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Who are the proper subjects of this ordinance?

They who have been baptized upon a personal profession of their faith in Jesus Christ, and repentance from dead works.a

Who are the proper subjects of this ordinance?

They who have been baptized upon a personal profession of their faith in Jesus Christ, and repentance from dead works.a

  1. a. Acts 2:41–42

    Acts 2:41–42

    2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

    2:41 Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day. 2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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Question 103, sung: The Baptist Catechism Set to Music, Jim Scott Orrick

Commentaries (1)

  • Benjamin Beddome, 1752, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism

    May all come to the Lord’s supper? No. It is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to dogs, Are baptized believers proper subjects of this ordinance? Yes. They that…

    Benjamin Beddome’s text