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• Communion of Churches in Korea

  The Communion of Churches in Korea (CCIK; Korean abbreviation Hangyoyeon) is a Protestant interdenominational body founded in 2012 amid internal conflict within the Christian Council of Korea (CCK). Its founding members included the Tonghap, Gaehyeok, Daeshin, and Baekseok branches of the Presbyterian Church in Korea.

• Communion of Saints

  An article of faith confessed in the Apostles' Creed, referring to the fellowship and sharing among all believers who have been made one body in Christ.

• Online Communion

  Online Communion concerns whether church members participating in an online worship service may prepare the bread and cup in their own homes and partake of the Lord's Supper. The question came to be widely debated in 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions limited in-person worship.

• World Communion Sunday

  World Communion Sunday is a Sunday on which churches around the world celebrate Communion on the same day to commemorate the unity of the church. It is usually observed on the first Sunday of October.

• Frequency of Communion

  Frequency of Communion refers to how often a church celebrates the Lord's Supper. Among Protestants, the practice varies widely by denomination and congregation, ranging from every week to only a few times a year.

• Preparation for Communion

  Preparation for Communion refers both to the spiritual preparation in which believers examine themselves and prepare their hearts before the Lord's Supper and to the practical work of preparing the bread and cup and setting the Communion table.

• Lord's Supper

  The Lord's Supper is the rite instituted by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. In it believers share the bread and the cup in remembrance of Christ's death, and it is one of the two sacraments observed by Protestants.

• Fellowship

  Fellowship refers to the communion and sharing that Christians have with God and with one another in the faith. The term translates the New Testament Greek word koinonia, which Korean Bibles also render as sagwim (communion) and gyotong (mutual communication).

• Suspension from the Lord's Supper

  Suspension from the Lord's Supper (Korean *suchan jeongji*) is a form of church discipline in which a member who has sinned is barred from participating in Communion for a period of time. The term is used chiefly in Presbyterian church constitutions.

• Oriental Orthodox Churches

  The Oriental Orthodox Churches are a communion of ancient Eastern churches that did not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon (451) and recognize only the first three ecumenical councils. They include the Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, and Ethiopian churches, among others.

• Distribution of the Bread and the Cup

  Bunbyeong-bunjan (分餠分盞) is a Korean term that combines bunbyeong, the distribution of the bread, and bunjan, the distribution of the cup, at the Lord's Supper. It refers to the part of the service in which the consecrated bread and cup are given to the communicants.

• Priest

  A priest is one of the three holy orders in the Anglican Communion, alongside bishop and deacon, and is an ordained minister who presides at the Eucharist and cares for the church. In Korea priests are commonly addressed as "Father" (sinbu). Unlike Roman Catholic priests, who observe celibacy, Anglican priests may marry.

• 1 Corinthians 10:16–17

  In this passage Paul describes the cup and the bread of the Lord's Supper as a "communion" in the blood and body of Christ and states that the many who share one bread are one body. It is frequently cited in discussions of the meaning of the Lord's Supper and the unity of the church.

• Holy Eucharist (Anglican Church of Korea)

  The Holy Eucharist (Gamsa Seongchallye) is the name the Anglican Church of Korea gives to its worship service centered on Holy Communion. The name derives from the Greek eucharistia, meaning "thanksgiving."

• Eastern Orthodox Church

  The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the three major traditions of Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. It is a communion of Eastern churches that take the tradition of the early church and the decisions of the seven ecumenical councils as their standard of faith. It is also known simply as the Orthodox Church.

• 1 Corinthians 11:27–29

  This passage teaches that whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord "unworthily" is guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, and it calls believers to examine themselves and to "discern the body." It is the basis for self-examination before Communion, and eucharistic theologies diverge over what "the body" refers to.

• 1 Corinthians 11:20-26

  In this passage, Paul rebukes the Corinthian church because the rich and the poor were divided at the Lord's Supper, and he passes on Jesus' words instituting the Supper. It is read in the communion services of nearly every denomination and is a central text in debates over the meaning of the Lord's Supper.

• 2 Corinthians 13:13

  The benediction with which the apostle Paul closes 2 Corinthians, invoking together the grace of Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit. It is the standard text of the benediction pronounced at the close of worship in Korean churches.

• The Last Supper

  The Last Supper was the final meal Jesus Christ shared with the twelve disciples on the night before his crucifixion. At this meal Jesus distributed the bread and the cup and spoke of the new covenant, and the church's celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion) derives from it.

• Ethiopian Orthodox Church

  The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is an ancient Christian church centered in Ethiopia. It belongs to the Oriental Orthodox communion, which did not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon. Its official name is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.