Word: communion
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...place before the two churches are formally united. Historically, he pointed out, the Eucharist in the church has been both a symbol of unity in faith already achieved and a means of obtaining that unity. Thus he boldly proposed that the bishops of the two churches begin by celebrating Communion together to help establish "the consensus of faith we seek...
...being experimentally, and rather furtively, lowered. Last month Dr. Albert van den Heuvel of the World Council of Churches' Youth Department told a Chicago audience that priests and ministers impatient at the slow pace of organized ecumenical progress are celebrating the Eucharist together and giving each other Communion. As many as 6,000 dedicated Catholic and Protestant laymen reportedly belong to ecumenical study groups in The Netherlands that periodically celebrate interfaith Communions; either a minister or a priest will preside, and the consecrated elements are given to all members present. And though probably most common in Northern Europe, experiments...
...violation of church rule. Catholicism's canon law forbids interCommunion, although an exception is made for Eastern Rite Catholics, who under certain circumstances may receive - the sacraments in Orthodox churches. While some Protestant groups -such as the Disciples of Christ-admit any baptized believer to the Communion table, most take the view that admittance to the sacrament should be preceded by a confession of faith...
Anglicans have typically mixed views on the subject. Although the Prayer Book rubrics imply that communicants should be confirmed, many churches interpret the rule liberally: Episcopal churches in Washington, for example, have allowed President Johnson, a Disciple of Christ, to receive Communion...
...Neill suggests that while celibacy should not be abandoned, priests unable to live up to the vow might be allowed to marry and then continue with their duties. Thanks to pressure from missionary bishops, the council did clear the way toward the ordination of married deacons, who could distribute Communion and give instruction but not hear confessions or celebrate Mass. Some theologians predict that eventually the church will let priests marry or not as they wish, requiring celibacy only for those with a vocation to a religious order...