The reconciliatory role of Holy Communion in the Methodist tradition
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Authors
Bentley, Wessel
Issue Date
2011
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Methodism , Communion , Open Table , Reconciliation
Alternative Title
Abstract
Violence is an instrument of segregation, whether it manifests physically, emotionally, verbally
or by any other means. Can the church be an instrument of reconciliation where people have
been divided through violence? This article explores the reconciliatory role of the Sacrament
of Holy Communion in the Methodist tradition, which has as a Christian denomination,
experienced many threats of division in its history. Holy Communion, it is argued, is the one
place where people, who may find every reason not to be together, are invited to share in an
event which unites them.
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Citation
Bentley, W. 2011,'The reconciliatory role of Holy Communion in the Methodist tradition', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v32i2.501
Publisher
Verbum et Ecclesia