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Open communion is the practice of some Protestant Churches of allowing members and non-members to receive the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper). Many but not all churches that practice open communion require that the person receiving communion be a baptized Christian, and other requirements may apply as well.
Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term Mass is commonly used in the Catholic Church, [ 1] Western Rite Orthodoxy, Old Catholicism, and Independent Catholicism. The term is also used in some Lutheran churches, [ 2][ 3] as well as in some Anglican churches, [ 4] and on rare occasion by ...
Form is the verbal and physical liturgical action, while the matter refers to material objects used (bread and wine). In an Anglican Eucharist the form is contained in the rite and its rubrics, as articulated in the authorised prayer books of the ecclesiastical province. Central to the rite is the eucharistic prayer or "Great Thanksgiving".
Spiritual communion. Spiritual communion is a Christian practice of desiring union with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. It is used as a preparation for Mass and by individuals who cannot receive Holy Communion. [1] This practice is well established in Lutheran, [2] Anglican, and Methodist churches, as well as in the Catholic Church, where it has ...
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 ...
The Eucharist ( / ˈjuːkərɪst / YOO-kər-ist; from Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: evcharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving' ), also known as Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. Christians believe that the rite ...
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