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 is a term used when two (or more) distinct Christian Churches say they are sharing the same communion.
• Impaired 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
• 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 (film), a science fiction film based on the book.
• Communion (album), an album by Greek death metal band Septic Flesh.

See also

• Communio, a theological journal