Communion

Communion has several meanings within Christianity. It can refer to:

• Communion (Christian), the relationship between Christians as individuals or Churches
• The Communion of Saints, a doctrine of Christianity mentioned in the Apostles' Creed
• A group of related Christian churches or denominations
• The Eucharist, the rite that Christians perform in fulfillment of Jesus' instruction to do in memory of him what he did at his Last Supper
• That part of the Eucharistic rite in which the consecrated bread and wine are distributed to participants
• Communion (chant), the Gregorian chant that accompanies this rite

Communion may also refer to:

• Communion (book), a book by Whitley Strieber about his purported abductions by aliens.

See also

• Communio, theological journal