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A closed-communion church is one that (perhaps with exceptions in unusual circumstances) excludes non-members from receiving communion. The Roman Catholic church (and all churches that are in full communion with the Holy See, including the Latin and Eastern rites) is a closed-communion church. The Eastern Orthodox Church, comprising 16 autocephalous Orthodox hierarchical churches, is another closed-communion church. Thus, a member of the Russian Orthodox Church attending the Divine Liturgy in a Greek Orthodox ChurchGreek Orthodox Church can refer to: the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the "first among equals" of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. the Church of Greece, which has been autocephalous since 1833., will be allowed to receive communion, but a ProtestantProtestantism in the strict sense of the word is the group of princes and imperial cities who, at the diet of Speyer in 1529, tried a protestation against the Edict of Worms which forbade the Lutheran teachings within the Holy Roman Empire. From there, th or a Roman Catholic attending a Greek Orthodox liturgy will be excluded from communion and vice versa. In either case, non-Christians are also excluded.

Among BaptistThe Baptist church is a movement within the Protestant branch of Christianity that emphasizes a believer's baptism by full immersion, which is performed after a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. A congregational governance system giv churches, closed communion is the practice of restricting communion (or The Lord's Supper) to only those who hold membership in the local church that is observing the ordinance. Thus, members from other churches, even other Baptist churches, will be excluded from participating in the communion service. This viewpoint is usually, though not exclusively, associated with LandmarkThough numerous churches and some organizations use the terms Landmark and Landmark Baptist in their name, there is no identifiable sub-group of Baptists known as the Landmark Baptist Church . Landmark Baptists trace their origin back to the days of Chris ecclesiology.

The congregations that make up the Lutheran Church - Missouri SynodThe Lutheran Church Missouri Synod LCMS is the second-largest Lutheran body in the United States. It is a conservative, confessional Lutheran Christian denomination with German roots. The LCMS is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and counts about 2. practice closed communion, as do some other groups such as the Apostolic Christian ChurchThe Apostolic Christian Church is a religious body in the United States and Canada that originates from the anabaptist movement. The origins of the Apostolic Christian Church are found in the dramatic conversion experience of Samuel Heinrich Froehlich ¹ (, Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, some churches in the Reformed tradition and Primitive Baptists.