Word: communionism
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...receive the Sacrament standing or kneeling at an altar rail or in their pews, whether they drink wine in a chalice, or grape juice in a paper cup, or drink nothing at all, Christians all over the world next Sunday will be performing the supreme Christian rite-the Holy Communion...
Long before the New Testament was collected and canonized, the Communion was the core and center of the faith of the tiny Christian sect. They met to celebrate it in private houses. Outsiders were exeluded; even "catechumens" (those not yet baptized) were permitted to be present only for part of the rite. And for centuries they met as outlaws in danger of death...
...favorite authors are the two great Catholic mystics, Saint Teresa of Avila and Saint John of the Cross, and in his tiny, bare, blue-walled room in Rome's Via Ripetta he spends most of his time praying. During his travels he tries to keep himself always "in communion with...
...Supreme Court Justice Ernest D. Roper granted an injunction to 23 outraged parishioners of the Anglican Bishop of Bathurst, Rt. Rev. Arnold Lomas Wylde, restraining the bishop from introducing "Romish" practices into his diocese. Departing from the Book of Common Prayer, Bishop Wylde was accused of introducing into the Communion service such customs as ringing the Sanctus bell and making the sign of the cross. Commented Justice Roper: "It is quite deplorable that members of a Christian community have been unable to settle differences without recourse to litigation...
Instead of spending a tin-horn-paper-hat New Year's Eve, delegates held a midnight communion service-perhaps the largest in Methodist history-at which 10,900 tiny paper cups of grape juice and pieces of bread were distributed. Later boys & girls signed "Dedication Cards," on which they could check off any number of twelve "decisions for Christ" printed on the back. Sample: "I will choose my lifework, not for personal profit, but in accordance with . . . God's will...