Communion is a gathering of like-minded people wishing to celebrate the faith they share. It also refers to the things they understand and do together. The word is found in the King James Version, but not in all other versions, and then only in Paul's letters to the church at Corinth. In the NIV it is replaced with "participation in" (1 Corinthians 10:16); "to have in common"; "to have fellowship with" (2 Corinthians 6:14). The Greek word koinonia from which it is taken has the much wider meaning of fellowship (q.v.).

Communion is also the name given by some people to the 'Breaking of Bread' (q.v.), the memorial supper instituted by Christ for his followers. It means literally, 'the act of using a thing together, or in common'. It is taken from Paul's words to the Corinthians: "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread." (1 Corinthians 10:16-17, KJV).

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