Congregations share (one church).Three congregations from three denominations -- Anglican, Lutheran and Presbyterian -- share one church building in Mississauga, Ont. Although they have separate sanctuaries, the Anglican parish of St. Francis of Assisi and Meadowvale Lutheran are exploring ways to live out "full communion Full communion is a term used in Christian ecclesiology to describe relations between two distinct Christian communities or Churches that, while maintaining some separateness of identity, recognise each other as sharing the same communion and the same essential doctrines. ." Last summer, the Lutheran congregation worshipped in the Anglican sanctuary sanctuary, sacred place, especially the most sacred part of a sacred place. In ancient times and in the Middle Ages, a sanctuary served as asylum, a place of refuge for persons fleeing from violence or from the penalties of the law. during July while the Lutheran pastor was on vacation; the next month, Anglicans attended services in the Lutheran sanctuary while the Anglican rector RECTOR, Eccl. law. One who rules or governs a name given to certain officers of the Roman church. Dict. Canonique, h.v. was away. "Our experience has opened doors to continued shared ministry without losing our identities," wrote Anglican rector Ann Smith in the diocese DIOCESE, eccl. law. The district over which a bishop exercises his spiritual functions. 1 B1. Com. 111. of Toronto's newspaper. The Anglican |
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