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    Open communion is the practice of some Protestant Churches of allowing members and non-members to receive the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or...
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    Eucharist (redirect from Holy Communion)
    εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving'), also called Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament or the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite, considered...
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  • Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations or Christian individuals that share certain essential...
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    participating in the Eucharist are varied. Churches which practice open communion allow all Christians to partake in the Lord's Supper, with membership...
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    Infant communion, also known as paedocommunion, refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine mingled with consecrated...
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    The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Formally founded in 1867 in London...
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    display at the museum. Communion tokens belong to the field of exonumia. Open communion Brook, Alexander J. S. (1908). Communion Tokens of the Established...
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  • death, and believes the sacrament to be a means of grace, and practices open communion. Free will. The UMC believes that people, while corrupted by sin, are...
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  • majority of them in three important points: (1) falling from grace; (2) open communion; and (3) women preachers. Two women preached at the organizational meeting...
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  • United Church of Christ (category Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches)
    The UCC maintains full communion with other Protestant denominations. Many of its congregations choose to practice open communion. The denomination emphasizes...
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    sacramental wine during the Eucharist (also called the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion). Chalices are often made of precious metal, and they are sometimes richly...
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  • meaning of their own baptisms; as well as providing clarification on open communion. In addition, the church is called to more directly confront global...
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    ministers. Where ministers refused or neglected parish communion, large assemblies were carried out in the open air, often combining several parishes. These large...
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    consistory or use a catechism, and he admitted to communion anyone who presented himself (open communion). Werner Helmichius (Werner(us) Helmichius (Utrecht...
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    Hence, in seeking to come to consensus about the real presence (see open communion), the churches have affirmed belief real presence of Christ in the Lord's...
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  • practice termed closed (or close) communion. On the other hand, other Lutherans practice varying degrees of open communion and allow preachers from other...
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    Catholic worship, was condemned as idolatry and replaced with a Protestant communion service, a reminder of Christ's crucifixion. Christ's Real Presence in...
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    throughout the worldwide church. Adventist churches usually practice open communion four times a year. It commences with a foot washing ceremony, known...
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    who were dissatisfied with liberalizing movements within the Anglican Communion, Pope Benedict XVI issued the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus...
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    indulgences and prayers for the dead, which were made possible by the communion of saints. Lollardy was a sometimes rebellious movement that anticipated...
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  • religious communities outside the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church. The Communion of the Western Orthodox Churches and the Orthodox Church of France are...
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    Christianity portal Communion table and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches—particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican...
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    resurrection in the Lord's Supper, they profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and look forward to His coming in glory". Within the fixed...
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    believer's baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion, as ordinances. Open communion is practiced. Anointing of the sick and tithing are practiced...
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  • doctrines to their statement of faith - universal resurrection and open communion. Later, they also added the belief in a personal devil. The majority...
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    the name given to a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion and by other Christian churches historically related to Anglicanism. The...
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    States of America (PECUSA), is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion based in the United States with additional dioceses elsewhere. It is a...
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    sacrament of the Eucharist. Thanksgiving after Communion Open communion Closed communion Spiritual Communion Gavitt, Loren Nichols (1991). Saint Augustine's...
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    writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, a non-fiction account of his alleged experiences with non-human entities...
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    Sacramental bread, also called Communion bread, Communion wafer, Sacred host, Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (Latin: hostia, lit. 'sacrificial...
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