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| | Closed communion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Closed communion is the practice of restricting the serving of the elements of communion (also called Eucharist, The Lord's Supper) to those who are members of a particular church, denomination, sect, or congregation. | | | Other groups that practice closed communion are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses. | | | Among Baptist churches, closed communion is the practice of restricting communion (or The Lord's Supper) to only those who hold membership in the local church that is observing the ordinance. |
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| | Hexapedia - Eucharist |
| | Denominations that practice closed communion will only share the Eucharist with members of their own church and with members of churches they consider to be in full communion with themselves. | | | According to the ancient tradition, evident in the works of Jesus, the Didache, Scripture, and numerous Church Fathers, communion in the Catholic faith is only for those who have accepted that faith. | | | A.D. : "...no one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true...." In those ecclesial communities, communion is therefore closed, in that people who are not members of the church are asked not to participate. |
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| | The practice of closed communion is not a detriment to the Church. | | | Closed communion is the Biblical practice of admitting to communion only those Christians who are members in good standing of Lutheran congregations which are in fellowship with their own congregation. | | | Participating with other Christians in holy communion is perhaps the most intimate expression of unity in faith. |
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http://users.joplin.com/faith/closed.htm
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| | Jesus Christ, Our Great God & Savior - Closed Communion |
| | However, generally, closed communion is the practice of restricting the serving of the elements to those who are members of a particular church, denomination, or sect. | | | That is, those churches practicing closed communion limit participation in the elements either to members of their own church, or members of their own denomination or group. | | | Those who believe in closed communion do so on the basis of their ecclesiology (doctrine of the church), not on direct Scriptural support. |
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| | Holy Communion |
| | In this realm holy communion also symbolizes the believer's spiritual union with the body of Christ, the church, and by virtue of taking Holy Communion one indicates his support of, and oneness with, the holy church. | | | Consequently, prior to participating in Holy Communion one is to examine himself, spiritually, to see if he is truly in the faith and is free from sin. | | | A noted theological scholar once wrote: "Closed communion is made necessary by the fact that not all Christian groups today require strictly Christian standards, that is, some denominations definitely tolerate sub-Christian standards on the part of their members. |
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http://www.blufftonyg.com/Literature/practices_series/communion.asp
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| | Closed Communion |
| | Therefore, the practice of closed communion seeks to prevent a proclamation of confessional agreement and unity in the faith where there is, in fact, disagreement and disunity. | | | Fellowship at Holy Communion involves the fellowship of the sacramental union, the fellowship of Christ with the believer, and the fellowship among those faithful to the apostles' teaching. | | | The practice of closed communion rises from the Scriptural understanding of the nature of the Sacrament of the Altar. |
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http://www.hopelcms.org/faqs/communion.htm
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| | Should communion be open or closed? |
| | All those who are true believers in God through personal faith in Jesus Christ, His Son, are worthy to partake of the Lord's Supper by virtue of the fact they have accepted the death of Christ as payment for their sins (see also Ephesians 1:6-7). | | | The practice of "closed" communion to church members only seems to attempt to satisfy a desire to make sure someone doesn't partake in an "unworthy" manner, which they assume means they need to a true Christian. | | | This "unworthy" manner is described as excluding others when you come to communion (See verse 33) and partaking of the elements to curb one's hunger (See verse 34). |
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http://www.gotquestions.org/communion-open-closed.html
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| | Talk:Closed communion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Syriac church is a non-Chalcedonian body, not in communion with the autocephalous Orthodox churches, and as such cannot be taken as representative of "Orthodox" as a whole. | | | The [Roman] Catholic church permits members of all the ancient sacramental churches -- Orthodox, Assyrian, Coptic, etc -- to receive communion. | | | What's up with the strange qualification if one construes that term to include all churches that are in communion with the pope and acknowledging that all Christians owe obedience to the pope, regardless of whether they are of the Latin Rite or one of the Eastern Rites? |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Closed_communion
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| | Memorial Lutheran Church |
| | This is why we choose to practice closed communion, a practice which is found in the historic, orthodox Lutheran Church since the time of the Reformation and a practice which can be traced back to the very early years of the Christian church. | | | The pastor of the local congregation is responsible for deciding who is to receive communion and who may not receive communion at the congregation's altar, by virtue of his office as a called and ordained servant of the Word. | | | Practically speaking, this means that Holy Communion is offered only to those persons who are confirmed members in good standing of LCMS congregations and those church bodies in full pulpit and altar fellowship with us. |
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| | With the close of the nineteenth century the official faith and practice of Seventh-day Baptists may still be "restricted" (close) communion, however the trend is toward a softening of that view. | | | However where closed communion would prevent communion outside the local church, "close" communion would confine the communicate to taking communion only in churches and associations throughout ones own denomination, or of like faith and practice. | | | The issue of communion with the first day Baptist churches must have been a hot issue in the several Seventh-day Baptist churches in the area for in May of 1803 the New Salem church debarred a Rev. John Patterson and his wife. |
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| | BALAAM'S ASS: Comment on Closed Communion |
| | Communion is communion according to the word of GOD, not of men. | | | The reason that some Lutherans oppose closed communion is that they do not want to be preceived as being "meanies." They want to avoid the complications that come with having to say "no" especially if it's a family member they must say no to. | | | What is ignored is not necessarily the theology of communion, but rather the teaching of Jesus that He came to divide even families over the truth. |
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http://www.worldmagblog.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=12915
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| | Indeed, the only justification for a policy of closed communion is one which applies the doctrine and practice mandated by the Word of God itself, as pastors do their duty as "shepherds of God's flock" (1 Peter 5:2) in the place where God has called them. | | | This latter practice, while not explicitly described in the Scriptures, is implied in the interrelationship of the articles of the Lord's Supper, the church, and the public ministry in the proclamation of the Gospel and confession of the faith. | | | To practice closed communion is to be faithful to that confession. |
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http://www.lutheranchurch-canada.ca/CTCR/closecom.html
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| | www.LetGodBeTrue.com - Closed Communion |
| | Experience indicates that churches allowing open or close communion will not have the same level of spiritual zeal, holiness, and concern for the truth as those churches practicing closed communion. | | | Close communion restricts the supper to those within the denomination or fellowship of a church based on specified standards of agreement. | | | And communion is the focal point of this relationship as the body of Jesus Christ (I Cor 10:15-17). |
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http://www.letgodbetrue.com/bible/church/closed-communion.htm
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| | ForMinistry.com |
| | Closed Communion is the Scriptural and historic Christian practice of communing only those who confess the corporeal presence of Christ in the sacrament of the altar, and who are joined to an altar which is in confessional Church fellowship with our own. | | | Closed communion has historically been practiced by all the churches which teach that Christ’s body and blood are truly given and received in the Holy Supper. | | | But the proper word can be seen by testing out what the opposite is. The opposite of “close” is “far.” The opposite of “closed” is “open.” The terminology of “closed” comes from the early church practice of having a little benediction for those still receiving instruction (catechumens), those under church discipline, and any visitors. |
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http://fm2.forministry.com/church/Church.asp?SiteId=61525ELC&PageId=20001225225857:209-251-108-37
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| | Close communion is exemplified in St. Luke's description of the church in Acts 2:42 where he writes, "and they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts 2:42). | | | And so, the phrase "close communion," at least as I see it, is not a standard whereby we determine whether or not to commune with other Christians, it is rather a proclamation of the unity of faith confessed in the partaking of the Supper. | | | To the one side are those who believe that closed communion should not be practiced in any form in the church, for they consider it "anathema." That is because they perceive it to be a hindrance to missions, and as such, it cannot be right. |
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http://www.concordtx.org/cpapers/closed.htm
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| | The Case for Closed Communion |
| | By "Closed Communion" we refer to the policy in which only members of a particular local church are allowed to partake of the Lord's Supper when celebrated in that church. | | | If a church with Closed Communion excludes a member, then that member has no right to return to the Lord's Table until he repents of his sin and is restored to membership. | | | The problem with Denominational Communion is that it weakens the church discipline program of the church. |
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http://bmaweb.net/Metropolitan.Chicago/Communion.htm
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| | Catholics: Mary and Communion |
| | Therefore, when one receives Communion in the Catholic Church one is publicly declaring one's complete assent to all the teachings of the Church. | | | Another example of closed communion: “We command you brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any brother who wanders from the straight path and does not follow the tradition you received from us” (II Thessalonians 3:6). | | | She doesn't believe that many of the Catholic Church's practices are biblically based and I don't want to believe that is true. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Catholics-955/Mary-Communion.htm
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| | Spero Forum - Baptist, Protestant, and Catholic Discussion - Communion in non-Catholic churches |
| | Although the media usually seems to criticize the Catholic Church for having a closed Communion, this is not entirely fair since she is not the only Christian church with such a policy. | | | It is not possible to give communion to a person who is not baptized or to one who rejects the full truth of the faith regarding the Eucharistic mystery. | | | The safeguarding and promotion of ecclesial communion is a task of each member of the faithful, who finds in the Eucharist, as the sacrament of the Church's unity, an area of special concern. |
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| | BaptistBoard.com: Southern Seminary Abstract Of Principles |
| | In the churches that I've been exposed, "open communion" means "open to any believer, even those who are not a member of this local church." On the other hand, "closed communion" means "only members of this local church." Perhaps there are other definitions; this is the only one I've ever seen. | | | "Closed Communion" has always meant that the Lord's Supper observance was closed to those who were not members of the local church. | | | The sentence "It is a prerequisite to church fellowship, and to participation in the Lord's Supper." says nothing about membership in a specific local church ("closed communion") as a requirement for communion. |
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| | closed.htm |
| | "Close" is capable of degrees; the Gospel is unfractionable. | | | Where the apostolic and catholic usage is observed the term serves with; reference to those on their way to the Holy Communion and to those outside. | | | Apart from some Baptists and some in the LCMS the rest of the world speaks of closed communion. |
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| | A Case for Covenant (Closed) Communion |
| | It is this group of people who show forth their communion with one another even as they commune with Christ around his table. | | | It is this group of people who proclaim to be one body, the spiritual body of Christ, even as they partake of the one loaf, which represents the physical body of Christ. | | | Since they furthermore had no responsibility for the discipline of members of other churches and could not ensure that transient Baptists were sound in their faith and morals, they could not protect the purity of the observance if they permitted transient communion. |
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| | BaptistBoard.com: Southern Baptists and Close Communion |
| | Notwithstanding, open communion versus close or closed communion is not just a matter of personal opinon but a matter of monumental consequence insofar as it effects the purity of the church. | | | The mode of communion (the way a church offers it) and the doctrine of the Virgin birth are NOT in the same class of doctrine. | | | Open Communion, that any Christian who has been baptized (Be it Believer's or Paedobaptized) can partake would seem to be at odds with the BF@M. Then again the Baptist Faith & Message has no binding power over SBC churches. |
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| | The Orthodox Way - "Closed Communion" or "Communion as identity" |
| | Every church's Communion disciplines are part of its definition of what it means to be "the church," and the people it invites to receive the common cup (or tiny cuplets) define how it means itself to be "Christian" -- and not whom it's determining to be Christian. | | | The Orthodox Church has a self-definition entailed in Communion. | | | The questions from family/friends that arise from closed communion, however, can certainly be a good place for understanding some of the main tenants of the early faith. |
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| | Open and Closed Communion - SouthernGospelNews Message Boards |
| | I once went to a church that practiced closed communion (when I was younger) and could not grasp the concept entirely well, that is why the pastor was asking all visitors to step out while the church partook of communion. | | | I'm a faithful part of that church body, so I can partake of their communion (it's open) and not have to be a member. | | | I like the open communion concept for another reason - one of the things Jesus taught was that the gospel was not just for the Jews but was for all. |
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| | New Pastor and closed communion - WELS.net |
| | Even where there was only one pastor, there elected or appointed congregational elders could play a very helpful role in practicing close communion. | | | Certainly a new pastor would seek to teach clearly that to commune together is a statement of a common faith. | | | CSC: WELS Topical Q&A: Sacrament of Holy Communion: Who may Commune/Serve: New Pastor and closed communion |
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| | Christdot :: Christ. Period. :: Communion denied to rainbow-wearing parishioners |
| | Lutherans hold that it is harmful to someone who does not hold the truth to commune because a means of Grace used without Faith becomes a means of judgment. | | | Supporting willing sinners is clearly due to a lack of Faith (all that is not faith is sin) and therefore supporting willing sinners should deny communion as far as I can see. | | | "A Roman Catholic priest denied communion to more than 100 people Sunday, saying they could not receive the sacrament because they wore rainbow-colored sashes to church to show support for gay Catholics. |
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| | Of Closed Communion and Japanese Restaurants |
| | When I explain "Please don't take communion since, by that gesture, you are proclaiming 'I believe all that the Catholic Church teaches and proclaims is revealed by God' and you don't want to do that unless you mean it and have been received into full communion by the Church", I never get a quarrel. | | | So great is that trauma, we are told, that the Church must--simply must--change its cruel and nonsensical rule of closed communion and "welcome" all to the altar. | | | Indeed, I've never known or heard of a living soul, visiting the Church, who has been "hurt" by closed communion. |
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| | Open and Closed Communion - Page 2 - SouthernGospelNews Message Boards |
| | This might include children who are church "members" in the sense that they come with their parents every time the door is opened and participate in various church programs, but communion is still "closed" to them until they accept Christ as their savior. | | | At the same time, a visiting Christian who isn't a church member should be welcomed to take part in communion. | | | "Closed communion" wouldn't necessarily limit it to church members. |
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| | Closed Communion Policy |
| | In keeping with the clear teachings of Holy Scripture and the policy of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, Saint Paul's practices closed communion (sometimes also called close communion). | | | What we mean by this is that we normally offer the Sacrament of the Altar only to those with whom we agree in all articles of Christian doctrine. | | | This unscriptural practice has come about because we live in an age and society in which significant differences in doctrine are often minimized as unimportant. |
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| | The same two doctrines explain why closed communion is an authentically Lutheran practice and why the Reformed churches have had no qualms about open communion. | | | The reason that this does not disturb the advocates of open communion is that they evidently do not know what a holy thing is. Ignorance of the "sacred" is an essential characteristic of the secular mindset. | | | Open communion prohibits the pastor from exercising the Office of the Keys, making it purely a privatized matter between the believer and God. |
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| | A Case For Closed Communion |
| | If restricted communion have a tendency to make us bigoted and uncharitable toward Christians who differ from us in opinion, then we might look for religious intolerance and persecution in some form, either in spirit or practice, to mark the history of the Baptist denomination. | | | In surveying this entire question as it lies between Baptists and Pedobaptists, I am obliged to come to the conclusion, that the principal difference between them in this matter is, that the Baptists adhere to the Bible and their creed, while the Pedobaptists discard both in this instance for the sake of open communion. | | | What do the facts which I have just noted say in behalf of the Pedobaptists of America in the seventeenth, and, I might have added, the eighteenth century also. |
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| | Closed Communion |
| | The practice of Closed Communion is the logical result of the principles which they have learned from the Scriptures. | | | It has already been seen that the question between the bulk of the religious world and Baptists is not one of communion at all, but of baptism. | | | We ask, for ourselves, the simple liberty to administer the ordinances of the Lord's House in such a way as our consciences tell us that His Word requires. |
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| | Closed Communion |
| | Also, because of the doctrinal divisions in the church, we are unable to commune with others of a different confession than ours, even if they believe in the Real Presence. | | | The practice of Closed Communion has long been a source of contention between confessional Lutheran bodies like The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and other Christian churches. | | | [FC SD VII: 44, Ap XXIV: 68], FC SD VII: 59] Since Communion is an expression of unity, communing together while holding a different confession would be a lie, saying by our actions that we are in full agreement when in fact we are not. |
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| | Open Site in TutorGig Encyclopedia |
| | Communion Open communion refers to Christian church es that allow individuals other than members of that church... | | | The open politics movement parallels the free software and open content movements, and relies on both to create what is claimed to be a more open and transparent means of decision making in politics. | | | The Open Diary is an online website where you can begin an online diary, which you can choose to be a private.... |
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| | Cup - Communion Cups |
| | Official statement and study documents from Lutheran Church --Canada. | | | Rapid Fill Communion Dispensers makes communion preparation easy. | | | Sells altarwear, bulletins, communion supplies, stoles and other goods. |
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| | Church Communion Tables |
| | Contact Us We offer both closed and open communion tables |
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