| 单词 | closed communion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclosed communion closed communion n. Christian Church (chiefly U.S.) the practice of restricting the administration of the Eucharist to communicants who are members of a specific church, denomination, etc.; cf. open communion n. at open adj. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1870 W. Warren These for Those xxi. 339 Let them see how much there is that unites them, and how little there is that divides them, and there would be more of a close communion, and less of a closed communion! 1904 Renwick (Iowa) Times 18 Nov. The probability of a schism in the Baptist church over the question of open or closed communion. 2002 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 23 Nov. [He] says the Roman Catholic Church advocates closed Communion. ‘We do not invite people of other Christian churches to receive Communion at our services.’ < as lemmas |
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