noun
Etymology
Origin of intercommunion
Example Sentences
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As for the Protestants, Methodist Theologian J. Robert Nelson of Boston University thinks intercommunion should be achievable within a decade, at least with Anglicans and Lutherans, if the new Pope is willing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today, two important developments in 20th century theology have made it possible for Catholics and Protestants to reconsider the whole argument and think of intercommunion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said the Living Church: "We ask for . . . sympathetic understanding in our disagreement with those who would make intercommunion a means to Christian unity rather than its goal."
From Time Magazine Archive
They were also hopeful that a joint statement produced last year by the council's theology commission might provide the eventual basis for intercommunion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Heads of Agreement assert that in the intercommunion of churches there is to be no subordination among them, and that there ought to be frequent friendly consultations between their "Officers."
From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise
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