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2. First Communion - Wikipedia

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   First Communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. [1] It is most common in many parts of the Latin tradition of the Catholic Church , Lutheran Church and Anglican Communion (other ecclesiastical provinces of these denominations administer a congregant's First Communion ...

3. Confirmation in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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   The 1983 Code prescribes the age of discretion also for the sacraments of Penance [13] and first Holy Communion. [ 14 ] Since the Second Vatican Council , the setting of a later age, e.g. mid-teens in the United States , early teens in Ireland and Britain , has been abandoned in some places in favour of restoring the traditional order of the ...

4. Eucharist - Wikipedia

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   Others, such as the Catholic Church, do not formally use this term for the rite, but instead mean by it the act of partaking of the consecrated elements; [31] they speak of receiving Holy Communion at Mass or outside of it, they also use the term First Communion when one receives the Eucharist for the first time. The term Communion is derived ...

5. Eucharist in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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   Eucharist (Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: eucharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving') [1] is the name that Catholic Christians give to the sacrament by which, according to their belief, the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy, generally known as the Mass. [2]

6. Eucharistic theology - Wikipedia

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   Eucharistic theology is a branch of Christian theology which treats doctrines concerning the Holy Eucharist, also commonly known as the Lord's Supper and Holy Communion. In the Gospel accounts of Jesus ' earthly ministry, a crowd of listeners challenges him regarding the rain of manna before he delivers the famous Bread of Life Discourse (John ...

7. Mass in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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   Reception of Holy Communion. The communion rite begins with a number of preparatory rites, of which the singing or recitation of the Our Father is the first. In the context of this preparation, the petitions for the daily bread and the forgiveness of trespasses gain particular significance.