COMMUNION

'Communion' has several meanings within Christianity. It can refer to:

★ Communion (Christian), the relationship between Christians as individuals or Churches

★ Full communion is 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 denominations

★ 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

★ 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 (chant), the Gregorian chant that accompanies this rite
'''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 (film)'', a science fiction film based on the above-mentioned book.
See also

★ ''Communio'', a theological journal