House Church Talk - William Barclay on the Lord's Supper

[Robert L. Moseley]

David thanks for the quote from brother Barclay...I acquired that text a
long time ago and have read it a number of times.  It is a well researched
volume on the history of the "Lord's Supper" and a worthy addition to
anyone's Christian library.  If we were to do the Lord's Table as they did
it in the first century "assemblies" we would enjoy a meal together and not
just have a "Lord's snack" like you find in virtually every 20th century
assembly.

Robert Moseley...from the hills of Texas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Anderson" <david at housechurch.org>
To: "House Church Talk" <House Church Talk  at housechurch.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:39 AM
Subject: House Church Talk -  William Barclay on the Lord's Supper


>
>      Hey all you nuggeteers,
>
> Here's a valuable gem I just stumbled across:
>
> There can be no two things more different than the celebration of the
> Lord's Supper in a Christian home in the first century and in a cathedral
> in the twentieth century. The things are so different that it is almost
> possible to say that they bear no relationship to each other whatsoever.
> The liturgical splendor of the twentieth century was in the first century
> not only unthought of; it was totally impossible.
>
>     William Barclay, The Lord's Supper, 1967, pp. 99-100
>
>