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Karant-Nunn again, remarking on the hierarchy among the saints that was embodied in certain Protestant eucharistic practices: \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Supper itself was not only administered within this ranks milieu but it also set apart, usually as a small group, those who communed. In Lutheran congregations, which . . . kept auricular confession, the few who gained admission to the Lord\u2019s Table sat in the choir and remained there until the end of the service. They were singled out and visible to their nonparticipatory acquaintances.\u201d <\/p>\n
In Reformed churches, the whole congregation communed, but Karant-Nunn suggests that the emphasis was on \u201cthe state of one\u2019s soul\u201d and the relation \u201cbetween that individual and God,\u201d rather than on the corporate character of the action. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karant-Nunn again, remarking on the hierarchy among the saints that was embodied in certain Protestant eucharistic practices: \u201cThe Lord\u2019s Supper itself was not only administered within this ranks milieu but it also set apart, usually as a small group, those who communed. In Lutheran congregations, which . . . kept auricular confession, the few who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-ecclesiology","category-theology-liturgical"],"yoast_head":"\n