Communion:

What does communion mean?

The word communion means:  Fellowship.

Fellowship (communion) is coupled with the Lord’s Supper by people gathering together, but the partaking of the ‘bread and cup’ is not communion.

The improper term of ‘communion’ is a religious tradition of a church.

Why?

The ‘church’ can then decide as to how the ‘Lord’s Supper’ should be conducted, who can or cannot partake, and how often it should be observed.

Communion [as it is called], that is practiced by many Christians is not the Lord’s Supper.

Why is the term communion used in place of the Lord’s Supper?

The word communion is a synonym that is used by theologians.

When the word communion is used, it opens up the opportunity for any one to invent, imply, express, and/or to practice their own theology as to when, where, or how it should be understood and practiced.

This is extra-Biblical as well as un-Biblical.

A traditional Christian communion is:

An act of sharing; a religious Christian sacrament in which bread and wine are partaken of as a commemoration of the death or resurrection of Christ (or whatever that religious institution believes); the act of receiving a sacrament; the part of Mass in which the sacrament is received; a body of believers in Christ.

Note: The most prominent traditional Christian teaching is that the communion supper is in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  It is okay to honor the risen Christ, but not with the Lord’s Supper.

The Lord’s Supper is in remembrance of his death, not his resurrection. [See: 'Easter'].

Summary

The ‘traditional’ Christian communion is not the Lord’s Supper in memory of the death of Christ.

The traditional “communion” should not be recognized as a remembrance of the resurrection of Christ.

Communion is a tradition.

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