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
Last year he visited Moscow and Istanbul for theological discussions with Orthodox prelates on the prickly question of intercommunion.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the churches agree to go ahead with the intercommunion, the committee suggested that the decision be celebrated in reconciliation ceremonies at churches and chapels across the country.
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
There was, however, one other great body of Christians towards whom, after a time, the nonjuring separatists turned with proposals of amity and intercommunion.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
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