Word: communionism
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TIME did an excellent job on the characteristics of the major Protestant denominations considering reunion but made one major error. The Methodist Church does not have a purely memorial view of the Communion and never has held such a view. Article 18 of the Methodist Articles of Religion states clearly: "The bread which we break is a partaking of the body of Christ; and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the blood of Christ." As further explanation, it reads: "The body of Christ is given, taken and eaten in the Supper, only after a heavenly and spiritual...
Thus the Methodists agree with the Presbyterian and Protestant Episcopal churches' concept of the Communion, a basic factor in our conversations toward unity. (THE REV.) WILLIAM BLAIR GOULD Wesley Foundation University of Nebraska Lincoln...
Altar in the Center. Tradition is proving a challenge and a help to modern church architects in unexpected ways. A prime example is the fast-growing liturgical movement, both Roman Catholic and Protestant, which emphasizes the centrality of the Mass or Communion for the church, and goes back for precedent to the early Christian practice whereby the congregation gathered around the Communion table and actively participated in the sacrament. "What we are seeking to restore." says San Francisco's Episcopal Bishop James Pike, "is the family around the table of the Lord...
...century soon after Luther's break with Rome. Presbyterians rely for faith and conduct on the Bible, believe in the Trinity, stressing the supreme sovereignty of God. Some doctrines such as predestination, once identified with Presbyterians, have largely fallen into discard. They practice the sacraments of baptism and communion, in which Christ is held to be present in spirit...
...Colony in 1620. As opposed to the concept of the church's having been established by God, Congregationalism is in the tradition of the "gathered" church, in which the individuals of the congregation form the church by coming together. The United Church recognizes the sacraments of baptism and communion, in which Christ is present in spirit...