open communion
Americannoun
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Freewill Baptists, a sect of Baptists who are Arminian in doctrine, and practice open communion.
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In any case, Johnson is not likely to get turned away from many altar rails in Washington, traditionally an Episcopal diocese that favors open Communion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pike has delighted some and scandalized others by allowing a policy of open communion in his diocese, and by permitting the use of Grace Cathedral for a modern art exhibit, a jazz mass, and the premiere of Duke Ellington's In the Beginning, God.
From Time Magazine Archive
What draws congregations to City Temple is not chiefly its freedom from dogmatism or its open communion, but its high standard of preaching.
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To many an Anglican and High Episcopalian, "open communion" is fraught with danger.
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