Communion may refer to:
Religion
* The
Eucharist
The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was instit ...
(also called the Holy Communion or Lord's Supper), the Christian rite involving the eating of bread and drinking of wine, reenacting the Last Supper
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Communion (chant) The Communion ( la, communio; grc-gre, κοινωνικόν, ''koinonikon'') is a refrain sung with psalm recitation during the distribution of the Eucharist in the Divine Liturgy or Mass. As chant it was connected with the ritual act of Christian ...
, the Gregorian chant that accompanies this rite
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First Communion
First Communion is a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person of the church first receives the Eucharist. It is most common in many parts of the Latin Church tradition of the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church and Anglican Communi ...
, a ceremony in some Christian traditions during which a person receives the Eucharist for the first time
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Koinonia
() is a transliterated form of the Koine Greek, Greek word , which refers to concepts such as fellowship, joint participation, the share which one has in anything, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution. It identifies the ideal ...
'' (communion or fellowship), the relationship between Christians as individuals and as churches
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Communion of Saints, a doctrine of Christianity mentioned in the Apostles' Creed
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Full communion
Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among denominations on exactly what constitutes full communion, but ...
, recognition between churches
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films and literature
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''Communion'' (2016 film), a documentary
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''Communion'' (book), a book by Whitley Strieber about his purported abductions by aliens
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Communion (1989 film)
''Communion'' is a 1989 American science fiction horror film based on the book of the same name by Whitley Strieber in 1987.
Starring Christopher Walken and Frances Sternhagen, it tells a story of a family that experiences an extraterrestrial ...
, a film based on the book
* ''
Alice, Sweet Alice'' or ''Communion'', a 1976 horror film starring Brooke Shields
Music
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''Communion'' (Roy Campbell album) (1995)
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''Communion'' (John Patitucci album) (2001)
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''Communion'' (Septic Flesh album) (2008)
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''Communion'' (The Soundtrack of Our Lives album) (2008)
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''Communion'' (Years & Years album) (2015)
* "Communion", a
Raffi album (2009)
* "Communion", a song by Debbie Harry from ''
Debravation''
* "Communion", a song by Third Day from ''
Wherever You Are''
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Communion Music, an artist-led music community
See also
* ''
Communio
''Communio'' is a federation of theological journals, founded in 1972 by Joseph Ratzinger, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac, Walter Kasper, Marc Ouellet, Louis Bouyer, and others. ''Communio'', now published in fifteen editions (including ...
'', a theological journal
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Unmitigated communion
In psychology, unmitigated communion is focusing on others while excluding an individual's self. It is opposed to unmitigated agency, which is focusing on self while excluding others. Unmitigated communion is portrayed as a way of being concerned w ...
, focusing on others to the exclusion of self
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