TY - BOOK AU - Elert,Werner TI - Eucharist and church fellowship in the first four centuries. U1 - 265 Elert PY - 1966///] CY - St. Louis PB - Concordia Pub. House KW - Lord's Supper KW - History N1 - Translation of Abendmahl und Kirchengemeinschaft in der alten Kirche hauptsächlich des Ostens; Communion -- Koinonia as partaking (metalepsis) -- The sacrament as fellowship -- "The Lord's Supper, not the Christian's Supper" -- Unity and fellowship -- Church fellowship in the local congregation -- Closed communion -- Church discipline and the Lord's Supper -- The local congregation and the heretics -- Transfers and certification -- Fellowship between churches -- Fellowship by letter -- Altar fellowship between churches -- Keeping altar fellowship intact -- Attempts at union -- Excursus I: Communio in early church usage -- Excursis II: The origin of the Formula, Sanctorum Communio -- Excursis III: Koinonia and the holy things ER -