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communion: see Eucharist Eucharist [Gr.,=thanksgiving], Christian sacrament that repeats the action of Jesus at his last supper with his disciples, when he gave them bread, saying, "This is my body," and wine, saying, "This is my blood." (Mat. 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; 1 Cor. 11.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Lord's Supper Lord's Supper, Protestant rite commemorating the Last Supper. In the Reformation the leaders generally rejected the traditional belief in the sacrament as a sacrifice and as an invisible miracle of the actual changing of the bread and wine into the body and blood of ..... Click the link for more information. . communion 1. a religious group or denomination having a common body of beliefs, doctrines, and practices 2. the spiritual union held by Christians to exist between individual Christians and Christ, their Church, or their fellow Christians Communion Christianity 1. the act of participating in the Eucharist 2. the celebration of the Eucharist, esp the part of the service during which the consecrated elements are received 3. a. the consecrated elements of the Eucharist b. (as modifier): Communion cup Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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