COMMUNION

communion|communitie. communion, communitie, fellowship.

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Communion. Communion
Fellowship with God (Gen. 18:17-33; Ex. 33:9-11; Num. 12:7, 8), between Christ and his people (John 14:23), by the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1), of believers with one another (Eph. 4:1-6). The Lord’s Supper is so called (1 Cor. 10:16, 17), because in it there is fellowship between Christ and his disciples, and of the disciples with one another.

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COMMUNION. → WITH GOD Ps 16:7; Joh 14:16-18,23; 1Co 16; 2Co 6:16; 13:14; Ga 4:6; Php 2:1,2; 1Jo 1:3; Re 3:20
* See FELLOWSHIP

→ INSTANCES OF
* Enoch Ge 5:22,24
* Noah Ge 6:9,13-22; 8:15-17
* Abraham Ge 12:1-3,7; 17:1,2; 18:1-33; 22:1,2,11,12,16-18
* Hagar Ge 16:8-12
* Isaac Ge 26:2,24
* Isaac, in dreams Ge 28:13,15; 31:3; 35:1,7; 46:2-4
* Moses Ex 3; 4:1-17; 33:9,11; 34:28; Nu 12:8
* Joshua Jos 1:1-9; 6:2-5; 7:10-15; 8:1,2; 20:1-6
* Gideon Jud 6:11-24
* Solomon 1Ki 3:5-14; 2Ch 1:7-12

→ OF SAINTS 1Sa 23:16; Ps 55:14; 119:63; 133:1-3; Am 3:3; Mal 3:16; Lu 22:32; 24:17,32; Joh 17:20,21; Ac 2:42; Ro 12:15; 1Co 10:16,17; 12:12,13; 2Co 6:14-18; Eph 4:1-3; 5:11; Col 3:16; 1Th 4:18; 5:11,14; Heb 3:13; 10:24,25; Jas 5:16; 1Jo 1:3,7
* See FELLOWSHIP

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communion. Communion, n. a taking of the Lord's supper, union in faith, union, fellowship, intercourse

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Com‐mun″ion (?), n. [[L. communio: cf. F. communion. See Common.]] 1. 1. The act of sharing; community; participation. “This communion of goods.” Blackstone.
2. 2. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.
We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. Hooker. What communion hath light with darkness? 2 Cor. vi. 14. Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. South. 3. 3. A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.
4. 4. The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion.
Close communion. See under Close, a. — Communion elements, the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper. — Communion service, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor. — Communion table, the table upon which the elements are placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper. — Communion in both kinds, participation in both the bread and wine by all communicants. — Communion in one kind, participation in but one element, as in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of the bread only. Syn. — Share; participation; fellowship; converse; intercourse; unity; concord; agreement.