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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 the Lord's Supper). Many but not all churches that practice open communion require that the person receiving communion be a baptized Christian, and other requirements may apply as well. In Methodism, open communion is referred to as the open table,[1][2] meaning that all may approach the Communion table.
Open communion is the opposite of closed communion, where the sacrament is reserved for members of the particular church or others with which it is in a relationship of full communion or fellowship, or has otherwise recognized for that purpose. Closed communion may refer to either a particular denomination or an individual congregation serving Communion only to its own members.
^Holy Communion in the Methodist Church (PDF) (Report). Methodist Church in Britain. 2003. pp. 20, 28. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^"An open table: How United Methodists understand communion – The United Methodist Church". United Methodist Church. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Opencommunion is the practice of some Protestant Churches of allowing members and non-members to receive the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or...
εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving'), also known as Holy Communion, Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is...
Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations or Christian individuals that share certain essential...
participating in the Eucharist are varied. Churches which practice opencommunion allow all Christians to partake in the Lord's Supper, with membership...
Infant communion refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine mingled with consecrated bread, to young children...
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Formally founded in 1867 in London...
display at the museum. Communion tokens belong to the field of exonumia. Opencommunion Brook, Alexander J. S. (1908). Communion Tokens of the Established...
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...
denominating those in communion with the Holy See after the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, when those who ceased to be in communion became known as...
believer's baptism by immersion and the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion, as ordinances. Opencommunion is practiced. Anointing of the sick and tithing are practiced...
ministers. Where ministers refused or neglected parish communion, large assemblies were carried out in the open air, often combining several parishes. These large...
The UCC maintains full communion with other Protestant denominations. Many of its congregations choose to practice opencommunion. The denomination emphasizes...
meaning of their own baptisms; as well as providing clarification on opencommunion. In addition, the church is called to more directly confront global...
practice termed closed (or close) communion. On the other hand, other Lutherans practice varying degrees of opencommunion and allow preachers from other...
Sacramental wine, Communion wine, altar wine, or wine for consecration is wine obtained from grapes and intended for use in celebration of the Eucharist...
consistory or use a catechism, and he admitted to communion anyone who presented himself (opencommunion). Werner Helmichius (Werner(us) Helmichius (Utrecht...
Christianity portal Communion table and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches—particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican...
Hence, in seeking to come to consensus about the real presence (see opencommunion), the churches have affirmed belief real presence of Christ in the Lord's...
Eucharist, although its interpretation varies among churches of the Anglican Communion and in different traditions of churchmanship such as Anglo-Catholicism...
American congregations, the terms "Communion" or "body and blood" are used. Churches of Christ typically offer opencommunion on the first day of each week...
religious communities outside the mainstream Eastern Orthodox Church. The Communion of the Western Orthodox Churches and the Orthodox Church of France are...
death, and believes the sacrament to be a means of grace, and practices opencommunion. Free will. The UMC believes that people, while corrupted by sin, are...
Catholic worship, was condemned as idolatry and replaced with a Protestant communion service, a reminder of Christ's crucifixion. Christ's Real Presence in...
aimed at re-establishing full communion. Unlike the Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East has an OpenCommunion practice, allowing any baptized...
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...
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