Merriam Webster defines Regular Baptists as " a member of a moderately Particular and General Baptists, and observes close communion and foot washing ."
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The earliest use of " close communion " comes from a mistranslation of the Lutheran theologian Franz August Otto Pieper's " Christian Dogmatics ".
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We have come here in shared sorrow to grieve the loss of beloved neighbors, to honor brave comrades, to join our souls in close communion with God.
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In 1901, to make a clean break with the past, Sandford instituted closed communion and rebaptized all local members of his society in the nearby Androscoggin River.
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In a controversy with Robert Hall, which began in 1816, Kinghorn took the side of close communion, requiring adult baptism a condition of participation in the Lord's Supper.
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Assemblies of God, Baptist and other churches that practice congregational polity, due to their autonomous nature, may ( depending on the individual congregation ) practice open or closed communion.
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These two dioceses were first under the Archbishop of Lund, later ( 1152 ) under that of Trondheim, and until the middle of the 16th century were in close communion with Rome.
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He is known for his portrayals of alien but human-looking people who have tremendously strong psychic / psionic abilities and a close communion with nature, and who can telepathically speak with animals.
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During his presidency, the church moved from closed communion to open communion, and McMurray began to open the door to priesthood ordination for practicing homosexuals, something which he acknowledged was occurring anyway.
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The Particular Baptists arose in England in the 17th century and took their name from the doctrine of particular redemption, while the term " strict " refers to the practice of closed communion.
