Communion

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Communion is a polyvalent term. Though not Christian-specific, the term "communion" has several denotations within the Christian traditions. It may refer to:

• Communion (Christian), the relationship between Christians as individuals or Churches
• Full communion, a term used when two (or more) distinct Christian Churches say they are sharing the same communion
• The Communion of Saints, a doctrine of Christianity mentioned in the Apostles' Creed
• A group of related Christian churches or Christian denomination
• The Eucharist, the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus' instruction to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper
• The Communion rite, that part of the Eucharistic rite in which the consecrated bread and wine are distributed to participants
• Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that accompanies this rite
• Closed communion is the practice of restricting the communion to members of a particular church or congregation
• Open communion is the practice of allowing members of other churches to share communion

Communion may also refer to:

• Communion, a 1976 horror film (aka Alice, Sweet Alice) starring Brooke Shields
• Communion (book), a book by Whitley Strieber about his purported abductions by aliens
  • Communion (1989 film), a film based on the book
• Communion (album), an album by Greek death metal band Septic Flesh
• Communion and the Oracle, a song by progressive metal band Symphony X, from their 2000 album V-The New Mythology Suite
• Communion, a song by Third Day on their album Wherever You Are

See also

• Communio, a theological journal

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