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Communion, Holy. As to the doctrine and practice of the Church of England in reference to the celebration of the Holy Communion, see Sheppard v. Bennett, (1870) LR 3 Ad & Ec 167; LR 4 PC 350 (371); Read v. Bishop of Lincoln, (1891) 9; 1892 AC 644, and the authorities there referred to. As to the right of the clergyman to repel from Holy Communion, see Rex v. Dibdin, (1910) 57; 1912 AC 533....
Self communion
Communion with ones self thoughts about ones self...
Holy
Set apart to the service or worship of God hallowed sacred reserved from profane or common use holy vessels a holy priesthood...
Rood, or Holy Rood
Rood, or Holy Rood, holy cross....
Holiness
The state or quality of being holy perfect moral integrity or purity freedom from sin sanctity innocence...
Holy orders
Holy orders. These are, in the English Church, the orders of bishops (including archbishops), priests, and deacons. See CLERGY; DEACON; PRIEST...
Sacrament
Sacrament. In the Church of England there are two sacraments only--Baptism and the Supper of the Lord; Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction are not recognized as sacraments (Art. XXV.). the term 'Sacrament' is commonly used to mean the Holy Communion. Reviling the Sacrament is punishable by fine and imprisonment (1 Edw. 6, c. 1), and administration of the Sacrament in both kinds is enjoined by s. 7 of the same Act, 'excepte necessitie otherwise re-quire,' and the same s. enacts that 'the minister shall not without lawful cause deny the same.' In the Roman Catholic Church the cup is not administered to the laity.For a clergyman to refuse without lawful cause to administer the sacrament to a parishioner is an offence against the laws ecclesiastical, for which he may be proceeded against under the Church Discipline Act [Jenkins v. Cook, (1876) 1 PD 80]. The Holy Communion cannot be refused to a person because he has married his deceased wife's sister, Thompson v. ...
Incense
Incense. The ceremonial use of incense immediately before the celebration of the Holy Communion, so as to be preparatory or subsidiary to the celebration of the Holy Communion is unlawful, Summer v. Wix, (1870) LR 3 Adm & Ecc 58....
Sanctus
A part of the Mass or in Protestant churches a part of the communion service of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus sanctus sanctus Holy holy holy called also Tersanctus...
Eastern Church
That portion of the Christian church which prevails in the countries once comprised in the Eastern Roman Empire and the countries converted to Christianity by missionaries from them Its full official title is The Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Eastern Church It became estranged from the Western or Roman Church over the question of papal supremacy and the doctrine of the filioque and a separation begun in the latter part of the 9th century became final in 1054 The Eastern Church consists of twelve thirteen if the Bulgarian Church be included mutually independent churches including among these the Hellenic Church or Church of Greece and the Russian Church using the vernacular or some ancient form of it in divine service and varying in many points of detail but standing in full communion with each other and united as equals in a great federation The highest five authorities are the patriarch of Constantinople or ecumenical patriarch whose position is not one of supremacy but of precedence th...
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