The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 30.7

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Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this ordinance, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually receive, and feed upon Christ crucified, and all the benefits of his death; the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally, but spiritually present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.⁠¹⁠

expand_more [1] 1 Corinthians 10:16; 11:23–26

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What is the effect of partaking of the elements in faith?

Spiritual nourishment by feeding on Christ corporeally

Spiritual nourishment by feeding on Christ spiritually

Only remembrance by participation in a memorial

The elements have no real effect on the participant

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