open communion
Americannoun
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To many an Anglican and High Episcopalian, "open communion" is fraught with danger.
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Free-will Baptists, the Christian Society, and most of the General Baptists of England admit of open communion; the other bodies decline communion with any Christians but Baptists.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
"Water is certainly a beautiful emblem of open communion," said one of the ladies.
From Bertha and Her Baptism by Adams, Nehemiah
Although Stoddard was a strict Calvinist, there can be no doubt that his method of open communion slowly led to theological modifications.
From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis
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