Koinonia

Definition

Fellowship, participation, and shared life, including communion with the apostles, with the Father and Son, and in Christ’s Body and Blood

Episodes

• 077 — New Testament — Topic 18
• 197 — Moral Theology — Topic 10. Moral Aspects of the Sacraments_ Priesthood and Eucharist.

Related Concepts

• Ananias And Sapphira
• Church
• Church As Body
• Common Possessions
• Communio Sanctorum
• Eucharist

Biblical References

• Acts 2:44, 4:32 — All who believed were together and held everything in common, All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. I wrote the former account,…
• 1 Cor. 10:16 — *Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? *
• Acts 2:42-46 — They were devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles. …
• Acts 5:3-10 — But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land? Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it…