Word: communionism
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...modern bourgeois world has convinced itself that it has conquered all need- all you need is money. Money- the mysterious element- and its transfer thus stimulate the real rituals of our civilization. The most deeply felt ceremony in today's churches is not the Communion but the collection. It is in money that people find their meaning...
...write. Remember those midnight talks we had in the convent school about the search for that precious grail called love? How I laughed at you when you told me that love was an illusion, and that since I was actually Julie Christie I was never to achieve that mystical communion of souls, far sweeter than any earthly bond. You were wiser than I, cara. Love is a cruel, impudent sorceress who will never en-sorcell...
Christians must recognize, says Dean L. Harold DeWolf of Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., that when God became man in Jesus Christ, "he sanctified not only humanity but the whole fabric of life," as symbolized by the grain and fruit offered in Holy Communion...
...some quiet meetings among Catholics, Anglicans and Lutherans, a new hope is emerging. The churches, it seems, may yet find enough common theological ground for a mutual recognition of ministries. If they do, it is conceivable that before the end of the decade Catholics could share both pulpits and Communion with Anglicans and Lutherans. This would mark the most significant step toward Christian unity since the start of the ecumenical movement...
...Church of England, while retaining bishops and an ordination ceremony, also played down the sacrificial character of the Eucharist and the sacramental status of the priesthood. In the view of traditional Catholic theology, the Church of England (and other churches of the Anglican communion) thus lost apostolic succession and validity...