SD 30.5
Savoy Declaration
30.5. Of the Lord's Supper
The outward elements in this sacrament duly set apart to the uses ordained by Christ, have such relation to him crucified, as that truly, yet sacramentally only, they are sometimes called by the name of the things they represent, to wit, the body and blood of Christ; albeit, in substance and nature, they still remain truly and only bread and wine as they were before.
Proof texts
- Acts 3:21 with 1 Cor. 11:24, 25, 26
- Luke 24:6, 39 — [6] He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, [39] See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Acts 3:21 with 1 Cor. 11:24, 25, 26 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 2 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- WCF 27.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- 1689 28.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?