That it is a channel through which grace flows to the soul of the individual communicant there can be no doubt, for there is blessing in every act of obedience.
Should two-thirds of the whole church council and two-thirds of the communicant members agree in approving the election, he shall be called.
We, the subscribers, the lawfully called Pastors, Trustees, Elders, Vorsteher and communicantmembers of the Ger.
In this same letter she expresses the desire to become a communicant of the Episcopal Church.
Up to this time she was a communicant in the Episcopal church, and a regular attendant on its various services.
On the 3rd of April, Matthias Seybold asked to be received into the communicant Congregation, which was done on the 5th of May, and he shared in the Lord's Supper for the first time June 3rd.
This did not make him a communicant member of the Church, simply put him on a par with the other non-communicants, of whom there were quite a number in the Congregation.
If there is any blessing at all attached to it, it consists in the pious thoughts, the holy emotions and sacred memories, which the communicanttries to bring to it and which are in some way deepened by it.
The communicant receives nothing but bread and wine, and while he partakes of these he remembers Christ's sufferings and death.
Its great object is to enable the communicant to realize his own sinfulness, to deepen in him true penitence and longing for forgiveness, and also to aid him in appropriating and rejoicing in the full and free forgiveness of Christ.
And it is to aid and assist the communicant in this self-examination that we have our preparatory service.
Nowhere else does the believer approach so near to heaven as when he stands or kneels, as a communicant at this altar, the Holy of Holies in the Church of Christ.
Each communicant is assured by the words of Christ Himself that the body which he receives along with the bread was given for him, and that the blood which he receives along with the wine was shed for him, for the remission of his sins.
Those who were baptized in infancy are members of the Church; but they are not admitted to the Lord's Supper, and hence do not become communicant members, until they have been instructed and confirmed.
The object of catechetical instruction is to fit us for communicant membership in the Church.
Each believing communicantis individually assured that Christ is his Saviour, and that he has the forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation through Christ's death.
The prepared heart of every worthy communicant is the true upper room; it is the true banqueting chamber; it is the true and the only house of wine.
He says that in the Sacrament of the Holy Supper "the communicantis so united to Christ and His saints, that Christ's life and sufferings and the lives and sufferings of the saints become his.
The most important change, however, was that made in the words to be addressed to the communicant in the act of partaking.
This required a presence (and Luther thought a presence extended in space) of the glorified Body of Christ in the Sacrament in order that the communicantmight be in actual contact with it.
He has increased the communicant list from sixty-three to nearly two hundred, and advanced the church well-nigh to complete self-support.
The communicant must observe the Eucharistic fast and must conduct himself with external reverence.
For never surely had a young communicant less to go upon than Mercy had that best morning of all her life.
The sacred union between Christ and the communicant is compared to the ineffable union between Him and His heavenly Father.
Then, while the clerks are reading, the doors of the altar are opened, and the priest appears with a cup in his hand, which the communicant comes forward to receive.
Mr. Bailey was a member of St. James' church, on Fifth street, and my mistress was a communicant of the First Baptist church on Broad Street.
You'll be a communicant soon, so there is no possible harm in wearing it.
They were about seventeen, strong and thick-set; Clement had made considerable progress during his two years of training, and had been a Communicant since Christmas.
He was converted through the labors of Protestant Missionaries, led for many years an exemplary Christian life, and was a communicant in the Presbyterian Church on the Island up to the time of his death.
He had, for more than ten years previous to his death, led an exemplary Christian life, and was a communicant of the Presbyterian Church on this Island, up to the time of his death.
According to these, a woman to be admitted to the office of Deaconess must be at least twenty-five years of age, a communicant of the Church, and fit and capable to discharge the duties of the office.
In fact a well-edited Church Almanac is so full of information no intelligent communicant can afford to be without one, as a guide and help to his devotions throughout the year.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "communicant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
