COMMUNION OF SAINTS

COMMUNION OF SAINTS
   the CHRISTIAN BELIEF that all Christians--living or dead--share a common community and will eventually be united in the KINGDOM OF GOD. In the meantime, the deceased look on and intercede for the living as well as being MYSTICALLY present in the EUCHARIST and other acts of devotion.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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  • Communion of Saints — Revelation 5:8 presents the saints in heaven as linked by prayer with their fellow Christians on earth. The communion of saints (in Latin, communio sanctorum), when referred to persons, is the spiritual union of the members of the Christian… …   Wikipedia

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  • communion of saints — the spiritual fellowship existing among all faithful Christians, both living and dead. * * * …   Universalium

  • communion of saints — noun a fellowship between Christians living and dead …   English new terms dictionary

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