Importance and practice of Holy Communion

• Many Christian Churches celebrate this community meal, though their beliefs and understandings of it differ widely
• For Catholics and Anglicans, it is a sacrament
• For Protestant Churches, it is an ordinance
• Quakers and the Salvation Army do not practice it for the same reasons as those given for baptism
• Other names for Holy Communion: Eucharist, Mass, Lord's Supper, Breaking of Bread and the Divine Liturgy