Communion table and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches—particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican and Methodist bodies—for the table used for preparation of Holy Communion (a sacrament also called the Eucharist). These churches typically prefer not to use the term "altar" because they do not see Communion as sacrificial in any way. However, in colloquial speech, the word "altar" is often used interchangeably with "communion table".[1]
^Keene, Michael (2001). Christian churches. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7487-5288-1.
Christianity portal Communiontable and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches—particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican...
Closed communion is the practice of restricting the serving of the elements of Holy Communion (also called Eucharist, The Lord's Supper) to those who are...
referred to as the open table, meaning that all may approach the Communiontable. Open communion is the opposite of closed communion, where the sacrament...
juice in some Protestant traditions), are consecrated on an altar or a communiontable and consumed thereafter. The consecrated elements are the end product...
may be a rail between the communiontable and the chancel behind it, which may contain a more decorative altar-type table, choir loft, or choir stalls...
worship places; in Reformed and Anabaptist churches, a table, often called a "Communiontable", serves an analogous function. The area around the altar...
directed to stand at the north side or north end of the communiontable and candles on the communiontable were considered forbidden, as was the wearing of a...
Protestant communion. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers...
and Baptist churches the pulpit is located in the centre behind the communiontable. Many modern Roman Catholic churches have an ambo that functions as...
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Formally founded in 1867 in London...
brought up to the CommunionTable or Chancel by a crucifer at the beginning of the service and placed behind/ at the CommunionTable, then acting as an...
communion, the Injunctions required traditional wafers to be used. There were also conflicting directions for the placement of the communiontables that...
perhaps a place of flowers or a table for the vessels for holy communion (a "credence table"), while a significant new table is set up, closer to the oleo...
bush is found on many tokens, as are objects such as a Bible, communion cup or communiontable, or else Christian symbols such as the fish, lamb or cross...
First Communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many...
element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communiontable of a church. At the minimum, it may be a simple shelf for candles behind...
of the required reforms—the need to buy a parish chest, Bible and communiontable. Duffy (2005, p. 490) writes that at Long Melford a church patron named...
screen, as well as new choir screens, a new episcopal throne, and a new communiontable and pulpit made of cast iron and gilded copper. Beginning in 1985,...
beyond the choir, contains the high altar, where there is one (compare communiontable). This area is reserved for the clergy, and was therefore formerly...
to its use in baptism, some Methodist clergy make the sign at the Communiontable and during the Confession of Sin and Pardon at the invocation of Jesus'...
credence table. In the Eucharist of the Anglican Communion the ritual regarding the use of the credence table varies from parish to parish and diocese to diocese...
the Holy Eucharist, also commonly known as the Lord's Supper and Holy Communion. It exists exclusively in Christianity, as others generally do not contain...
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...
Sacramental bread, also called Communion bread, Communion wafer, Sacred host, Eucharistic bread, the Lamb or simply the host (Latin: hostia, lit. 'sacrificial...
translation to the bishopric of Durham in 1617, Richard Neile had the communiontable transformed into an altar at the east end of the cathedral and supported...