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| | Eucharist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The ordinary ministers of Holy Communion are Bishops, Priests and Deacons, the latter traditionally ministering the chalice. | | | Closed communion was the universal practice of the early Church. | | | The historical position of the Anglican Communion is found in the Thirty-Nine Articles of 1571, which state "the Bread which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ"; and likewise that "the Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ" (Articles of Religion, Article XXVIII: Of the Lord's Supper). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucharist
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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). | | | 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). | | | 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. |
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http://www.gotquestions.org/communion-open-closed.html
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| | Jesus Christ, Our Great God & Savior - Closed Communion |
| | In contrast, those who practice open communion allow all adult believers in and followers of Jesus, who are not living in known sin, to join in the elements of communion, even if they are members of another church, group, or denomination. | | | 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. |
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http://www.truthsaves.org/articles/closed.shtml
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| | Reformed Presbyterians and Open Communion |
| | Open communion leaves false impressions with regard to the importance of the truth of the Gospel. | | | Close communion, in excluding from fellowship in the Church and in breaking of bread, does not deny a spiritual relationship to Christ; but open communion, in making regeneration the condition of fellowship, pronounces a very unwarrantable and uncharitable sentence on such as are excluded. | | | Open communion is, in this aspect of it, better adapted to promote spiritual pride and carnal security than the "fear and trembling" of humble piety. |
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http://www.covenanter.org/Communion/opencommunion.htm
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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. | | | Those who practice "open communion" state that no believer of any Christian persuasion should be excluded, because in their view Holy Communion is not a denominational table, but the Lord's table. |
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http://www.blufftonyg.com/Literature/practices_series/communion.asp
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| | Discover the Disciples |
| | Matthew's gospel says that when Jesus took a cup at the last supper he told his disciples, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:27-28). | | | Today, among Disciples congregations, a communion table will be found in the sanctuary located in a prominent place, indicating the importance of the Lord's Supper in their worship. | | | Within the Disciples of Christ it is customary to say that Christ is the host at the communion table. |
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http://www.disciples.org/discover/communion.htm
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| | Pontifications » Blog Archive » Baptismal Apostasy |
| | The eucharist of the open communion is a gathering, not of the disciples of the Nazarene, but of spiritual seekers. | | | An “open communion” or “open table” refers to the practice at St. Alban�s and at an increasing number of Episcopal churches of welcoming everyone–regardless of where they are on their faith journey–to share in our celebration of the Eucharist. | | | Holy Eucharist is the sacramental meal and sacrifice of the Church. |
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http://catholica.pontifications.net/?p=232
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| | Thoughts About the Lord's Supper |
| | Apparently Close Communion (sometimes called "Intercommunion") was the practice of most Baptist churches in the U.S. until the middle to late 1800s when James Robinson Graves and others convinced the majority of the churches and pastors that such practice was not consistent with their beliefs about the church. | | | Closed Communion — "Non-Intercommunion" — is the position that since it is a church ordinance, only the individual members of the church observing the Lord& should be invited. | | | While I do not see that we should ever discriminate against a church or brother who advocates or practices Close Communion, I believe there is no room for Open Communion – that is, unless we want to wipe out all distinctions between the church and the world or scriptural and unscriptural practices. |
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http://www.bmaweb.net/AlphaO/papers/bryan_comm.htm
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| | Anglican Theological Review: Baptism, Eucharist, and the Hospitality of Jesus: On the Practice of "Open ... |
| | Second, it should be stated clearly that the practice of open communion is a violation of the discipline of the Episcopal Church (Title I, Canon 17, section 7) to which clergy (who in most cases preside over the liturgies of local congregations) have vowed to be faithful. | | | The contemporary argument for offering communion to the unbaptized, if coherently stated, runs something like this: (1) The church is the sacrament of Jesus Christ, the primordial sacrament of God. | | | However, before we rush toward the practice of open communion for all as more reflective of the ministry of Jesus, there are some questions that need further exploration. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200404/ai_n9345554
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| | The Case for Close Communion |
| | This suggests that the congregations to which we preach and the congregations with which we should commune are not necessarily the same. | | | It is their claim that this means it is not the place of the church to render judgment in the matter but that self examination is alone sufficient. | | | Another view is that communion should consist only of those of like faith and practice. |
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http://www.pb.org/pbdocs/close_communion.html
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| | Anglicans Online Churches not 'in the Communion' |
| | The ACW is NOT in communion with Canterbury administratively, but we are spiritually'. | | | A constituent member of the world-wide Orthodox Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of America (the Episcopal Orthodox Church) was established in 1963 as a Western-rite Orthodox Province of the Holy Catholic Church. | | | It is entirely possible for a church to be in full communion with the Anglican Church without being in the Anglican Communion. |
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http://anglicansonline.org/communion/nic.html
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| | Letters from the Rector - April 2002 |
| | Open communion is the church saying to all people, the non-baptized included: “You are our special friends and we want you here. | | | Even if you do not seek God, you are still welcome because God seeks you.” That kind of open invitation along with the sacrament itself has the power to convert the heart. | | | However, an increasing number of Episcopal churches, along with other mainline Protestant churches, are now practicing open communion. |
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http://www.stbartschurch.org/letters/letapr02.html
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| | New Covenant Church of God: FAQ 263. |
| | Church communions which New Covenant Christians are largely happy to share are those of the Baptist and classical Pentecostal Churches, as well as a number of independent Evangelical Churches. | | | At first sight this may be interpreted by other churches to mean that we are exclusivist and are secretly claiming to be a “one and only true church”. | | | Someone who is partaking of the Lord’s Supper who has never made a public confession of faith and who has not obeyed the call to be baptised by immersion is ipso facto unworthy to partake of the emblems, and those who administer it are guilty of perverting the ordinance. |
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http://www.nccg.org/FAQ263-Communion.html
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| | Issues: Communion |
| | On the one hand the manual states that Adventists hold open communion, meaning that one need not be a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in order to take communion with us. | | | One leading theologian in the church, a particularly good friend of children, points out that within the context of the statement about taking part unworthily, the Bible writer was talking about a lack of unity as being the cause of unworthiness. | | | In many churches, unbaptized children and youth stand around outside the church during communion. |
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http://childmin.com/Issues/communion.htm
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| | It is a difficult attainment in religion, to preserve one's purity untarnished, while mingling with the men of the world, and exercising towards them all that benevolence and forbearance which the gospel enjoins. | | | Argument 10.--The communion table is the Lord's; and to exclude from it any of the Lord's people, the children of his family, is an offence against the whole Christian community. | | | If a right participation of the communion were the appointed means of salvation, and if baptism were necessary in order to this right participation, it would be the highest manifestation of brotherly love, to maintain firmly the practice of strict communion. |
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http://www.founders.org/library/dagg_vol2/ch5.html
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| | The Skeptical Priest: Speed Blog |
| | The idea that we would offer communion to anyone who seeks to be with God in Jesus strikes many church people as absolutely wrong, the contravention of 2,000 years of teaching and practice which insists that communion is a ritual practice that one is initiated into through baptism. | | | Their arguments, based on thousands of years of practice and tradition and theory, are compelling, except when put up against the person of Jesus. | | | My bishop and I practice a quiet disobedience of this canon, along with many others in the Episcopal Church (at least half do it more or less explicitly; most others have a don't ask don't tell policy). |
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http://skepticalpriest.blogspot.com/2005/01/speed-blog.html
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| | Seventh-Day Adventists: Communion |
| | Most Adventist churches practice "open communion." This means that anyone who has accepted Jesus Christ as his/her Lord and Savior may participate. | | | An Adventist probably could not receive communion in a Catholic church, for example, since the Catholic church has very specific requirements for who may and may not participate. | | | Adventists could receive communion in other churches which also practice open communion. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/2318/3556285.htm
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| | St. Christopher's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church and Montessori School |
| | Anyone who seeks to be baptized, or to have a child baptized, is welcome without regard to their church membership, their faith tradition or other factors. | | | Anyone who seeks to encounter Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist is welcome to receive Holy Communion here at St. Christopher's. | | | Individuals requesting baptism for themselves or a child will be given a brief instruction on the nature of the sacrament so that they understand what they are requesting. They are not required to join the church, though everyone is welcome. |
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| | For communion with forwardness and obstinacy in any evil is as well to be shunned in a congregation where it is offensive as in a particular person. | | | Whether it is lawful for any particular member to with draw communion from the church in breaking of bread or any other ordinance for the scandal of one member whom he judges an offender but the church as it [ ?'is' for 'as it'] unsatisfied in the thing. | | | 2; yet, in the cases that follow and, possibly, in some other cases a woman may speak in the church and not be found to offend against the rule of the apostle, she desire to make a profession of her faith to the church to express her desire to baptism and communion with the church. |
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| | Communion - Southern Gospel News Message Boards |
| | I was raised in an 'independent' church, that believed that communion was only for the members of that congregation. | | | The only other times I've refused to take communion in my own church, is when I feel that I am not spiritually ready to recieve it. | | | We celebrate communion once a month, but this is up to different churches (I think) I anticipate it as a sacred time of restoration. |
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http://sogospelnews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2503
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| | American Family Association - AgapePress news |
| | United Methodists have historically believed in "open communion." According to the denomination's news service, the Holy Communion Study Committee is looking to create a "centrist" document regarding the meaning and importance of the sacrament. | | | The committee is hoping to produce a document that accurately reflects the denomination's teaching and practice regarding communion. | | | Mark Tooley with the Institute on Religion and Democracy says oddly, but perhaps delightfully, even theological liberals have acknowledged the lack of seriousness given to communion. |
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| | Find in a Library: Open communion with all who keep the ordinances as Christ delivered them to the Saints, eight ... |
| | Open communion with all who keep the ordinances as Christ delivered them to the Saints, eight letters on open communion, addressed to Rufus Anderson, A.M. by Daniel Merrill | | | Open communion with all who keep the ordinances as Christ delivered them to the Saints, eight letters on open communion, addressed to Rufus Anderson, A.M. from Amazon.com | | | Find in a Library: Open communion with all who keep the ordinances as Christ delivered them to the Saints, eight letters on open communion, addressed to Rufus Anderson, A.M. Search: |
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| | Anglican Theological Review: In Praise of Open Communion: A Rejoinder to James Farwell |
| | all that the advocates of open communion need to say is that when translating the New Testament account of the Lord's Supper into a directive for church life it should be understood in light of Jesus' practices of eating with sinners and filling the bellies of all comers. | | | Farwell embeds this discussion within a treatment of the various forms of Jesus' meal fellowship in the New Testament, since advocates of open communion often say that they are trying to follow Jesus' own example in their eucharistie practice. | | | Third is an evaluation of the likely consequences of open communion for church life, very broadly, and for baptism and mission, more specifically. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3818/is_200407/ai_n9459338
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| | Liturgy at St Gregory's |
| | Whereas sinners once flocked to Jesus' table, fifth century Christians lingered in the catechumenate for a lifetime, dreading to be baptized and approach the sacred meal before they were utterly ready-that is, so near death that they stood little danger of transgressing afterward. | | | It is just this faithful tradition which now presses churches to re-open Jesus' table to all, as he did. | | | This program is more logical than some experiments with grafting fourth century baptismal procedure onto modern public worship, where parishes weekly march catechumens out of the liturgy for instruction instead-while casual visitors stay for the eucharist, and may volunteer to eat and drink whether baptized or not. |
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http://www.saintgregorys.org/Liturgy/Writings/FirsttheTable.html
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| | The Anglican Communion Official Website |
| | Gracious God, we give you thanks for the gift of this world-wide Anglican Communion of churches: for our sense of belonging to all the ages, for the gift of thoughtful prayer you have taught us, and for the task of reverent study to which you call us. | | | Inflame us with prophetic vision so our fellowship will be the likeness of your kingdom of righteousness, proclaimed for all by Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. | | | We thank you for the love of worship you have stirred up in our hearts, and for the love of justice you have implanted in our wills. |
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| | Welcome to The Anglican Communion Institute |
| | Archbishop Hutchison asked the commission to answer a single, specific question which grew directly out of the debate at the 2004 General Synod over the blessing of same sex unions: is this a doctrinal question? | | | It is only within the last generation that affluent Western Christians have suggested that same-sex sexual activity might be morally permissible. | | | I personally agree with aspects of both perspectives, and believe that this kind of measured and informed exchange of ideas about such an important matter in our common life can only teach us things we need to know. (read more) |
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| | Communion (1989) |
| | And let's face it, the film is called "Communion," which means "to be at one with God." | | | from Annapolis, MD In "Communion," Whitley Strieber's autobiographical book comes to life...sort of. | | | Some have complained about the scene in the psychiatrist's office being so bright, but I think it also helps get the message that there may be an outside presence surrounding all of us, whether we recognize it or not. |
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| | Anglican Communion Institute |
| | How do the advocates of Open Communion respond to this consistent Scriptural ordering of the Christian life? Although Tanner, as noted, insists that it is theoretically just as possible for individuals to come to value the Body — to be built up in it — subsequent to Eucharistic participation (i.e. | | | In this section, the priority and requirement of Baptism before Eucharistic communion is explicitly articulated (“from the beginning Baptism was seen as the sacrament through which believers are incorporated into the Body of Christ and filled with the Holy Spirit” [19 Commentary]). | | | Of course, now that the “horse is out of the barn”, we are getting reactions. Philip Turner, in his essay “ECUSA’s God” (anglicancommunioninstitute.org), has written that “’open communion for the non-baptized’ is far more than a cloud on the horizon within ECUSA. |
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http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.org/articles/Open_Communion.htm
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| | Drell’s Descants » My Post to the HOBD listserv on Open Communion; Gen-Xers; Confirmation |
| | It is not elitist - it is the mystical body of Christ, as Chris suggests, and the apex of an incredible spiritual journey that has been repeated for two thousand years within the church. | | | Being holy is being separated off for God’s use, and being serious about holiness means being serious about being separate: the EC should be emphasizing Confirmation and the Catechumenate. | | | BTW, some were unbaptized, thanks to their parents, and had to wait six to eight months until a magnificent Easter or Pentecost Sunday where these folks were baptized, confirmed, and received communion for the first time. |
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http://descant.classicalanglican.net/index.php?p=184
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| | Open Communion Table and Religious Goods at BizRate |
| | Home > Health & Beauty Supplies > Religious Goods > Open Communion Table | | | Everything You Need for Church, Communion, Sunday School Curriculum | | | Open Communion Table and Religious Goods at BizRate |
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| | communion movie review, alien abduction story. |
| | order the Communion novel which details the personal account of alleged real life abduction horrors; from amazon.com | | | In this film for one man and his wife, and child they have always known "them." The chief character in the film is played by Christopher Walken. | | | The movie really makes one think about the highest tests that the human mind can take before passing the threshold from sanity to insanity. |
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