Footwashing
A connection between footwashing and the Lord's Supper has survived both in the liturgical church's Maundy Thursday rites and in the regular Communion practices of many smaller denominations that understand its practice as a form of literal obedience to the New Testament. As discussed in this section, it has always been understood as a statement of humility and loving service to one's neighbor.…
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Chapters & Articles in Footwashing (4)
At the Last Supper Jesus gave special meaning to an ordinary custom of the Mediterranean world. Associated with the…
Because of the ambiguity stemming from differences between the Johannine and synoptic accounts in the New Testament…
While some denominations and congregations include footwashing in their regular Communion or Lord's Supper celebrat…
Congregational leaders planning their first liturgical footwashing may take comfort in recognizing that the rite's …