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The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults ( Latin: Ordo initiationis christianae adultorum ), or OCIA, is a process developed by the Catholic Church for its catechumenate for prospective converts to the Catholic faith above the age of infant baptism. Candidates are gradually introduced to aspects of Catholic beliefs and practices.
Church service. A church service (or a service of worship) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building. Most Christian denominations hold church services on the Lord's Day (offering Sunday morning and Sunday evening services); a number of traditions have mid-week services, while some traditions worship ...
The Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches ( CREC ), formerly the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches, [ 1] was founded in 1998 as a body of churches that hold to Reformed theology. [ 2] Member churches include those from Presbyterian, Reformed, and Reformed Baptist backgrounds. The CREC has over a hundred member churches in the ...
The Design of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Early members of the Stone-Campbell Movement adopted the slogan "In essentials, Unity; In non-essentials, Liberty; and in all things, Charity." For modern disciples the one essential is the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and obedience to him in baptism. There is no requirement to give assent to any other statement of ...
The Eucharist was a key center of controversy in the Reformation as it not only focused differences between the reformers and the church but also between themselves. For Zwingli it was a matter of attacking a doctrine that imperiled the understanding and reception of God's gift of salvation, while for Luther it was a matter of defending a doctrine that embodied that gift.
Grace Communion International (GCI), formerly named the Radio Church of God and the Worldwide Church of God (WCG), is a Christian denomination based in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. [ 1 ] According to the organization's website, the denomination has 30,000 members in 550 churches in 70 countries, [ 2 ] is structured in the episcopal model [ 2 ...
God, who has given the sacraments to the church, acts in and through Holy Communion. Christ is present through the community gathered in Jesus' name (Matthew 18:20), through the Word proclaimed and enacted, and through the elements of bread and wine shared (1 Corinthians 11:23–26. The divine presence is a living reality and can be experienced ...
Eucharist in the Catholic Church. Eucharist ( Koinē Greek: εὐχαριστία, romanized: eucharistía, lit. 'thanksgiving') [ 1] is the name that Catholic Christians give to the sacrament by which, according to their belief, the body and blood of Christ are present in the bread and wine consecrated during the Catholic eucharistic liturgy ...