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How is communion celebrated differently by different Christians?
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∙ 16y ago
Communion, the breaking of bread and pouring of wine in remembrance of the Last Supper, is a very familar and reverent practice among Christians of many kinds. You are very correct, different Christians celebrate communion differently. Catholics treat the bread and wine as the actual body and blood of Christ, a view called 'transubstantiation'. Not all Christians share this view. In fact, many denominations (or sects) of Christianity do not even use real wine. This could be due to the issues a church would face if a recovering alcoholic came to the church and was overwhemled by the alcohol, even if it was just a tiny bit. Another reason could be that the church wants children to participate as well. Churches use either wine or Grape Juice, this does not really matter. In some churches, everyone participates in communion. A methodist church my relatives attend declares, "This is not our city's table; this is not the Methodist table; this is God's table, and all children of God are allowed to receive from it." In other churches, only members of the church are allowed to participate. Some Christians approach communion with a very sober, reverent tone, while others approach it with a more joyful feeling in that Christ has not died forever and that he lives today. Either way shows respect for our Savior.
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∙ 12y agoCatholicism is the denomination that does the most with communion. Every Catholic must have a "first communion", which is a major ceremony and a sort of introduction into the church. It is the major step that lies between baptism and confirmation.
Outside of Catholicism, the denominations practice communion in similar ways, and the church, rather than the denomination, is what makes the difference. Some churches receive communion by way of intinction, where every member takes (or is given) a piece of bread from the loaf and dips it into the cup. Others kneel at the altar, receive the bread and cup, and take it while kneeling. Still others receive communion from the pews.
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∙ 10y agoA:
The Catholic Church teaches that the bread and wine are literally turned into the body and blood of Jesus, although they retain all the physical and chemical properties of the original bread and wine. Protestant Churches teach that the bread and wine are only symbolically turned into the body and blood of Jesus, as they retain all the physical and chemical properties of the original bread and wine.
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∙ 14y agoThey celebrate it by by partaking in the body, blood, soul and divinity under Jesus Christ's appearance of the last supper (bread and wine)...
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∙ 12y agoOther than what? You didn't mention where you live.
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