Encyclopedia - Communion: Encyclopedia - Communion
Within Christianity the word communion can refer to: Communion - a close relationship between Christian Churches or communities, and by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Communion: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Communion
Communion The Lord's Supper The central rite of Christian worship, called variously the Eucharist, Holy Communion, Divine Mysteries (E...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Communion: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Communion
A Christian theological definition of Communion according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Full Communion: Encyclopedia - Full Communion
Full communion is completeness of that relationship between Christian individuals and groups which is known as communion. Implying a unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Water Communion: Encyclopedia - Water Communion
The Water Communion is a ritual service common in Unitarian Universalist congregations. It is usually held in the fall. In 1980, the firs...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Toward Ultimate Communion - Yoga
Toward Ultimate Communion: Yoga  Hindus look to God and the Gods for very practical assistance - from affairs of employment, family...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communion Christian: Encyclopedia - Communion Christian
For a discussion of Holy Communion see the article on the Eucharist. The term Communion, from Latin communio, meaning sharing in common, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communion Of Saints: Encyclopedia - Communion Of Saints
The Communion of Saints is a doctrine included in the Apostles' Creed, a major profession of the Christian faith from not long after the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is a world-wide organisation of Anglican Churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" since each national or reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Closed Communion: Encyclopedia - Closed Communion
also known as "The Eucharist" or "The Lord's Supper" Theology Consecration Consubstantiation Memorialism Real Presence Transubstantiation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion Network: Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion Network
The Anglican Communion Network (officially the Network of Anglican Communion Dioceses and Parishes) is a theologically conservative netwo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting: Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting
The Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings are regular meetings of the senior archbishops and bishops (the Primates) of each province of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oriental Orthodoxy: Encyclopedia - Oriental Orthodoxy
History of Christianity Jesus of Nazareth The Apostles Ecumenical councils Great Schism The Crusades Reformation The Trinity God the Fath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coadjutor Bishop: Encyclopedia - Coadjutor Bishop
A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to succeed the current ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia - Eucharist
also known as "The Eucharist" or "The Lord's Supper" Theology Consecration Consubstantiation Memorialism Real Presence Transubstantiation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whitley Strieber: Encyclopedia - Whitley Strieber
Louis Whitley Strieber (born June 13, 1945) is a US writer best known for his horror novels The Wolfen and The Hunger and for Communion, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cope: Encyclopedia - Cope
The cope is a liturgical vestment, which may be of any liturgical colour, and is like a very long mantle or cloak, fastened at the breast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primate Religion: Encyclopedia - Primate Religion
Primate (from the Latin Primus, "first") is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Excommunication: Encyclopedia - Excommunication
Excommunication is a religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. The word literally means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of England: Encyclopedia - Church Of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the 'mother' and senior branch of the worldw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia - Priest
A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Communion: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Communion
Communion In Christian Churches, the sacrament of the Eucharist, an ancient pagan rite early adopted by Christendom. It originally sig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Communion - Affirmation
Some denominations, like the United Methodist Church, offer communion to anyone, regardless of their religion. Other churches allow membe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Closed Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Closed Communion - Definition
A closed-communion church is one that (perhaps with exceptions in unusual circumstances) excludes non-members from receiving communion. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infant Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Infant Communion - History
In the Early Church, everyone who attended the full Mass was expected to receive the Eucharist; catechumens and penitents were not presen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Communion - Practitioners
Most Protestant and Independent Christian churches practice open communion. It is official policy in the United Methodist Church, Episcop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infant Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Infant Communion - Catholicism
The practice of allowing infants and children to receive the Eucharist has fallen into disfavor in the Roman Catholic Church. Catholics g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flower Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Flower Communion - History
Flower Communion was initiated by Norbert Capek, who was also the founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. He saw the need to u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - First Communion - Sacrament
First Communion is most often celebrated by children around the age of seven or eight, when they have reached the age of reason and are c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - First Communion - Traditions
First Communion is traditionally a big event for Catholic families. Traditions surrounding First Communion usually include large family g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglican Communion - History
Main article: see History of the Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is a relatively recent concept. Ever since the Church of Engla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Anglican Communion - What Holds The Communion Together?
Background Christianity Protestant Reformation Apostolic Succession Roman Catholicism Episcopal structure People Thomas Cranmer Henry VII...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communion Christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Communion Christian - Eucharistic Usage
Communion is a term that Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians apply to partaking of the consecrated bread and wine, not to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infant Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Infant Communion - Protestant Denominations
Many Mainline Protestants practice open communion, in which the Eucharist is offered to people without discrimination of age or denominat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communion Christian: Encyclopedia Ii - Communion Christian - Biblical Usage
The greek term is found, as a noun or in its adjectival or verbal forms, in 43 verses of the New Testament. The noun is found additionall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infant Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Infant Communion - Eastern Orthodoxy
In the Orthodox Church, any person of any age receives the Eucharist as soon as possible after their baptism and chrismation, usually at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Closed Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - Closed Communion - Examples And Applications
If a Roman Catholic marries a Syriac Orthodox Christian in a Syriac Orthodox church, the priests in both churches may allow the Roman Cat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communion And The Developmentally Disabled: Encyclopedia Ii - Communion And The Developmentally Disabled - Catholicism
The Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (and those bodies in full communion with it) has no official policy about the sacramen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Anglican Communion - Origins
The only branches of the Anglican communion with unbroken history stretching back to the pre-reformation Catholic church are to be found ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communion And The Developmentally Disabled: Encyclopedia Ii - Communion And The Developmentally Disabled - Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity makes the Eucharist available to all baptized and chrismated church members who wish to receive it, regardless of d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Anglican Communion - Spiritual Autonomy
By degrees, also, the relations of colonial churches to the archbishop of Canterbury have changed. Until 1855 no colonial bishop was cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Anglican Communion - The Church In The Colonies
On August 12th 1787 Dr. Charles Inglis was consecrated bishop of Nova Scotia, with jurisdiction over all the British possessions in North...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Open And Closed Communion
Christian denominations differ in their understanding of whether they may receive the Eucharist together with those not in full communion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Anglican Communion: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Anglican Communion - Freedom From State Control
By degrees, also, the colonial churches have been freed from their rather burdensome relations with the state. The church of the West Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dean Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Dean Religion - Anglican Communion
In most of the Anglican Communion the dean is the chief resident clergyperson of a cathedral or other collegiate church and the head of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Vigil: Encyclopedia Ii - Easter Vigil - Anglican Communion
Although the Easter Vigil is not universal in the Anglican Communion, its use has become far more common in recent decades. Formerly it w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Synod: Encyclopedia Ii - Synod - Uses In Different Communions
Synod - Catholic and Orthodox usage. In the Catholic and Orthodox churches, synods are composed of bishops. Under the Catholic Church t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primate Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Primate Religion - Anglican Communion
The title is often encountered in the churches of the Anglican Communion, which is divided into provinces each of which usually has a met...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Whitley Strieber: Encyclopedia Ii - Whitley Strieber - Communion And The Visitors
On December 26, 1985, Strieber reportedly had an experience in which he thought he was abducted from his cabin in upstate New York by non...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Rite - The Visitation Unction And Communion Of The Sick
There are four extant specimens of these services: in the Stowe Missal and the Books of Dimma, Mulling and Deer. The Stowe and Dimma are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vietnamese Military Ranks And Insignia: Encyclopedia Ii - Vietnamese Military Ranks And Insignia - Non-communioned Officers And Enlisted Members Of The People's Army Of Vietnam Ground Forces Border Defence Forces And Strategic Rear Forces As Well As The Pavn Air Force
hạ sÄ© quan (non-comssioned officers): Thuong Si Nhat (Senior Warrant Officer) Thuong Si (Warrant Officer or Adjutant) Trung Si Nhat (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dean Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Dean Religion - Roman Catholic Church
In the Roman Catholic Church, a dean is a priest responsible for a number of parishes within a diocese. The office is sometimes referred ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Vigil: Encyclopedia Ii - Easter Vigil - Roman Catholicism
In the Roman Catholic tradition the service normally consists of four parts: The Service of Light The Liturgy of the Word Christian Init...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coadjutor Bishop: Encyclopedia Ii - Coadjutor Bishop - Roman Catholic Church
In the Roman Catholic Church, a coadjutor bishop or a coadjutor archbishop is a bishop or archbishop that has been appointed by the Pope ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coadjutor Bishop: Encyclopedia Ii - Coadjutor Bishop - Roman Catholic Church
In the Roman Catholic Church, a coadjutor bishop is a special kind of auxiliary bishop. Unlike auxiliary bishops, coadjutors are given th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Christianity
Ordination of women - Roman Catholic Church. The ordination of women is much discussed in the Roman Catholic Church today, as vocations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Judaism
Jewish tradition and law does not presume that women have more or less of an aptitude or moral standing required of rabbis. However, it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Islam
Although Muslims do not formally ordain religious leaders, the imam serves as a spiritual leader and religious authority. There is a curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ordination Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Ordination Of Women - Buddhism
This ordination of women is currently and historically practised in some Buddhist regions and not in others. The tradition of the ordaine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gene Robinson: Encyclopedia Ii - Gene Robinson - Election As Bishop
Robinson was elected bishop by the New Hampshire diocese on June 7, 2003. As this election occurred within 120 days of the Episcopal Gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gene Robinson: Encyclopedia Ii - Gene Robinson - Background
Robinson was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He and his family attended the Disciples of Christ church. He later attended the University of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Primate Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Primate Religion - Roman Catholic Church
In the Western Church, a Primate is an archbishop (or rarely a suffragan or exempt bishop) of a see (called a primas) which confers prece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharistic Discipline: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharistic Discipline - Anglican/episcopalian Practice
From the Book of Common Prayer 1979 The Holy Eucharist is the sacrament commanded by Christ for the continual remembrance of his life, de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Baptist - Worship Style
The focus of Baptist church services is the sermon. This can be seen in traditional Baptist church architecture--the pulpit, which is sym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Priest - In Christianity
In the Christian context, some confusion is caused for English speakers by two different Greek words traditionally translated as priest. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Ritual And Liturgy
Eucharist - The Agape feast. The Agape feast was the Eucharistic celebration of the early Christians. While centered on the ritual of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharistic Discipline: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharistic Discipline - Catholic Practice
Sufficient spiritual preparation must be made by each Catholic prior to receiving Holy Communion. A Catholic guilty of mortal sin should ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Christian Theology
The Eucharist has always been at the center of Christian worship, though theological interpretations vary. In general, the Roman Catholic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Monasticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Monasticism - Protestant Monasticism
The tradition of monasticism in the Protestant tradition remotes from John Wyclif who organized the Lollard Preacher Order (the "Poor Pri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Apostolic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - New Apostolic Church - Doctrine
The New Apostolic Church sees herself as the salvation work of Jesus Christ and is strongly expecting the return of Jesus Christ in the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1942: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1942 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1942 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Francisz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1943: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1943 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1943 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Francisz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1944: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1944 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1944 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Francisz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1939: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1939 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1939 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Francisz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1940: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1940 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1940 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Francisz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1941: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1941 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1941 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Polish National Catholic Church - First Prime Bishop Francisz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Ritual And Liturgy
Eucharist - The Agape feast. The Agape feast was the Eucharistic celebration of the early Christians. While centered on the ritual of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Eucharist In The Bible
The three synoptic Gospels (Matthew [7], Mark [8], and Luke [9]) as well as Saint Paul's first Letter to the Corinthians [10] contain ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Ecumenism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Ecumenism - Three Approaches
Christian ecumenism can be described in terms of the three largest divisions of Christianity: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Prote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Eucharist In The Bible
The three synoptic Gospels (Matthew [7], Mark [8], and Luke [9]) as well as Saint Paul's first Letter to the Corinthians [10] contain ver...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christian Ecumenism: Encyclopedia Ii - Christian Ecumenism - Three Approaches
Christian ecumenism can be described in terms of the three largest divisions of Christianity: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Prote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Christian Theology
The Eucharist has always been at the center of Christian worship, though theological interpretations vary. In general, the Roman Catholic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Priest - In Judaism
In Judaism, the Kohanim (singular Kohan or Kohen, whence the family name Cohen) are hereditary priests through paternal descent. These fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Excommunication: Encyclopedia Ii - Excommunication - Christianity
Excommunication - Anathema. The biblical form of excommunication is to declare one anathema. The difference between an anathema and exc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eucharist: Encyclopedia Ii - Eucharist - Alleged Pre-christian Origins
Some scholars note the connection of the idea of feeding on the life-force of a mystical entity being characteristic of the central rites...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Priest: Encyclopedia Ii - Priest - Dress
In most Christian traditions, priests wear clerical clothing— a distinctive form of street dress. In form it varies considerably–even...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Liturgy - Special Masses
Mass liturgy - Nuptial Mass and other Ritual Masses. A Nuptial Mass is simply a Mass within which the sacrament of Marriage is celebrat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Liturgy - Texts Used In The Roman Rite Of Mass
The Roman Missal contains the prayers and rubrics of the Mass. In the United States and Canada, the English translation of this book is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Apostolic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - New Apostolic Church - Organisation
The headoffice of the New Apostolic Chuch is located in Zurich, Switzerland. From here the worldwide church is led. The church is split u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Liturgy: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Liturgy - Structure Of The Present-day Roman-rite Mass
Within the fixed structure outlined below, the Scripture readings and the text of the three prayers known as the collect, the prayer over...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 1952: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 1952 - Catholic
List of religious leaders in 1952 - Catholic not in communion with Rome. Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites - Roman Maria Jakub PrÃ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religious Leaders In 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religious Leaders In 2005 - Catholic Churches
List of religious leaders in 2005 - Catholic Churches not currently in Communion with Rome. Catholic Mariavite Church Józef Maria Ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Apostolic Church: Encyclopedia Ii - New Apostolic Church - History
Through prophecies in England in 1832 John Bate Cardale was called as the first apostle of the second sending. Until 1835 eleven more men...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Church Of England - Governance And Administration
The British monarch (at present, Elizabeth II), has the constitutional title of "Supreme Governor of the Church of England". In practice,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baptist: Encyclopedia Ii - Baptist - Beliefs That Vary Among Baptists
Because of the congregational style of church governance on doctrine, doctrine on the following issues often varies greatly between one B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Holy Communion: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Holy Communion
  Holy Communion To dream that you are taking part in the Holy Communion, warns you that you will resign your independent opini...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Table Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Table
Table: Altar; spiritual food that is consecrated; priestly communion with God and one another; covenant; needs being met; place of sur...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bread Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Bread
Bread Dream Symbols: Life's basic needs. Something that is placed between two slices of bread may indicate those things that are fulfi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dining Room Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dining Room
Dining Room: See also Eating: The table of the Lord; communion with the Lord or with the brethren; feeding on the Word. (Ho. 7:6; Heb....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prayer Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Prayer
Prayer Dream Symbols: Prayer is a communion with your higher self. Sometimes we may need to pay more attention to our spiritual/creati...   » Read the article