- An
agape feast or
lovefeast (also
spelled love
feast or love-feast,
sometimes capitalized) is a term used for
various communal meals shared among Christians...
-
storing vestments and
other vessels, the
preparation room is
where the
Lovefeast is made
ready for
distribution to the congregation. In
Eastern Christianity...
- and (particularly) the
women who ****ist in
church services (like the
Lovefeast) are
called "Dieners", from the
German title for
their office, Saaldiener...
-
Dunkard Brethren Church,
regularly practice feetwashing as part of the
lovefeast,
which includes the holy kiss, feetwashing, communion, and a communal...
- churches, such as the
Dunkard Brethren Church,
observe the
agape feast (
lovefeast), a rite also
observed by
Moravian Church and
Methodist Churches. A penitent...
- as the
Schwarzenau Brethren and the
River Brethren, also
practice the
lovefeast,
which includes footwashing and the holy kiss, as well as
closed communion...
- bands,
traditionally met w****ly in
order to
confess sins to one another.
Lovefeasts (in
which bread and the loving-cup is
shared between members of the congregation)...
- 18th-century renewal. In many
places it
observes the
convention of the
lovefeast,
originally started in 1727. It uses
older and
traditional music in worship...
- the Church. Feetwashing,
communion and the holy kiss
occur during the
lovefeast. Some
Baptists teach two ordinances,
baptism and the Lord's Supper, while...
-
sought to
continue the
beliefs of
early Christianity and thus
practice the
lovefeast (which
includes footwashing, the holy kiss and communion), headcovering...
