Editing Open communion (section)

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'''Open communion''' is the practice of some [[Protestant Church]]es of allowing members and non-members to receive the [[Eucharist]] (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper). Many but not all churches that practice open communion require that the person receiving communion be a [[Christian baptism#Specific Christian groups practicing baptism|baptized Christian]], and other requirements may apply as well. In [[Methodism]], open communion is referred to as the '''open table''',<ref>{{cite report|title=Holy Communion in the Methodist Church |url=http://www.methodist.org.uk/downloads/conf-holy-communion-in-methodist-church-2003.pdf |publisher=[[Methodist Church in Britain]] |access-date=9 September 2017 |pages=20, 28 |date=2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=An open table: How United Methodists understand communion – The United Methodist Church |url=http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/an-open-table-how-united-methodists-understand-communion |publisher=[[United Methodist Church]] |access-date=9 September 2017 |language=en}}</ref> meaning that all may approach the [[Communion table]].

Open communion is the opposite of [[closed communion]], where the sacrament is reserved for members of the particular church or others with which it is in a relationship of [[full communion]] or fellowship, or has otherwise recognized for that purpose. Closed communion may refer to either a particular denomination or an individual congregation serving Communion only to its own members.