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open communion

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noun

Ecclesiastical.
  1. a communion service in which members of all denominations can participate.


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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

To many an Anglican and High Episcopalian, "open communion" is fraught with danger.

From Time Magazine Archive

"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

The people of God are privileged to hold open communion with the Father and the Son.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

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