Excerpt from Communion Tokens: Descriptive Catalogue of Medals and Tokens Struck for the Use of Communicants in Different Branches of the American Presbyterian ChurchThe use of sacramental tokens at the sacred ordinance of Communion was the established law of this Church in Scotland, and a few parishes of the Episcopal Church of old standing in the north of Scotland, and at least one Roman Catholic Church in Glasgow also used the token.The celebration of the Lord's Supper has given rise to many contro versies, both in the early Church and among the various Christian denomina tions of later times, ever since this Holy Sacrament was instituted by our Saviour Christ, on the night before His death, - not so much concerning the sacred ordinance itself, as upon the proper ceremonies and the means to be used in its administration, of which the wine and the bread are the essen tial elements, signifying the body and blood of Christ. This is My body.This-is My blood. This do in remembrance of Me. Volumes have been written upon the subject before the Reformation, and Luther, Calvin, Melanchthon, Wycliffe, Zwingli, and other Reformers of the sixteenth century, as well as learned Doctors of the Church since their time, have held different views as to the nature and importance of the Lord's Supper.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.