Recently, I started a trail of thought on Calvin and Paedocommunion, here:
“Finally Discussion Paedocommunion for Real”
And followed it up with a long quotation from Calvin directly upon giving communion to children, here:
“One of the Most Un-Well Reasoned Things Calvin Ever Said”
In that clipping from Calvin’s Institutes, a section that I posted in full in the last post against Paedocommunion, Calvin himself summarizes his reasons for rejecting paedocommunion, and then he elaborates. (more…)