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A credence table is a small side table in the sanctuary of a Christian church which is used in the celebration of the Eucharist. ( Latin credens, -entis, believer ). The credence table is usually placed near the wall on the epistle (south) side of the sanctuary, and may be covered with a fine linen cloth. It is sometimes tended by an acolyte or ...
Last Supper in Christian art. The Last Supper of Jesus and the Twelve Apostles has been a popular subject in Christian art, [1] often as part of a cycle showing the Life of Christ. Depictions of the Last Supper in Christian art date back to early Christianity and can be seen in the Catacombs of Rome. [2] [3] The Last Supper was depicted both in ...
Christianity portal. Communion table and Lord's table are terms used by many Protestant churches —particularly from Reformed, Baptist and low church Anglican and Methodist bodies—for the table used for preparation of Holy Communion (a sacrament also called the Eucharist ). These churches typically prefer not to use the term "altar" because ...
In Methodism, open communion is referred to as the open table, [1] [2] meaning that all may approach the Communion table. Open communion is the opposite of closed communion, where the sacrament is reserved for members of the particular church or others with which it is in a relationship of full communion or fellowship, or has otherwise ...
Full communion. Full communion is a communion or relationship of full agreement among different Christian denominations or Christian individuals that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among denominations on exactly what constitutes full communion, but typically when two or more denominations are in full ...
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches ( CREC ), formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, [ 1] was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. [ 2] Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds. The CREC has over a hundred member churches in the ...
Church tabernacle. The tabernacle at St Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque, Iowa, placed on the old high altar of the cathedral (cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 315, a) A tabernacle or a sacrament house is a fixed, locked box in which the Eucharist (consecrated communion hosts) is stored as part of the "reserved sacrament" rite.
Communion of saints. Revelation 5:8 presents the saints in heaven as linked by prayer with their fellow Christians on earth. The communion of saints ( Latin: commūniō sānctōrum, Ancient Greek: κοινωνίᾱ τῶν Ἁγῐ́ων, koinōníā tôn Hagíōn ), when referred to persons, is the spiritual union of the members of the ...