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- Communion also known as "The Eucharist" or "The Lord's Supper" Theology Transubstantiation Consecration Real Presence Words of Institution Impanation Memorialism Consubstantiation Sacramental union Transignification Theologies contrasted Eucharist (Catholic Church) Eucharist (Lutheran Church) Anglican Eucharistic theology Important theologians Paul · Luther Aquinas · Calvin Chrysostom · Augustine Zwingli Related Articles Christianity Christianity and alcohol Catholic Historic Roots Closed and Open Table Divine Liturgy Eucharistic adoration Eucharistic discipline First Communion Infant Communion Mass · Sacrament Sanctification Infant Communion (also Paedocommunion) refers to the practice of giving the Eucharist, often in the form of consecrated wine, to infants and children. This practice is standard in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Churches; here, communion is given at the Divine Liturgy to all baptized and chrismated church members regardless of age. Infant communion is less common in most other Christian denominations, including the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church.
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