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Q. How did the term "Holy Communion" come in usage?
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A note in one of the worship/liturgical dictionaries led us to look for the term in the Latin Vulgate Bible. Acts 2:42 "...et communicatione fractionis panis..." thus associates "communion" with the "breaking of the bread"
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