Kommunikanten

English translation: Holy Communions administered

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German term or phrase:Kommunikanten
English translation:Holy Communions administered
Entered by: Timoshka

00:41 Feb 18, 2021
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Social Sciences - Religion
German term or phrase: Kommunikanten
A short history of an Evangelical Lutheran parish in Nebraska, written in 1920, includes the following:

Parochialbericht vom Jahre 1919:
484 Seelen. 286 Kommunizierende. 78 Stimmberechtigte. 1 Schule. 1 Lehrer. 40 Schulkinder. 160 Schultage. 17 Getauft. 12 Konfirmiert. 500 Kommunikanten. 3 Paare getraut. 2 Begraben.

My question is: What is the difference between "Kommunizierende" and "Kommunikanten"? I understand "Kommunizierende" to be "communicants," i.e. those entitled to partake of Holy Communion. 286 of the 484 members of the parish are thus communicants. However, the list also includes "500 Kommunikanten" (more than the total number of parishioners!), so what/who could they be?
Timoshka
Local time: 02:39
Holy Communions administered
Explanation:
I hope this Google Books link opens for you:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b5oZAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA10-PA9...
Number of church services held during the year, 52; sermons preached, 68; Holy Communions administered, 1,554; baptisms, 8; funeral services, 16

Kommunizierende = registered communicant
https://www.google.com/search?q="registered communicant"&oq=...

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The round figure of 500 looks like an estimate based on a stock take of wafers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_bread
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Lancashireman
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4communion takers
Cillie Swart
4Holy Communions administered
Lancashireman
3adherents
David Hollywood
3communicants
Kevin Fulton


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adherents


Explanation:
that kommunikant, practising a similar manner of dialogue, does not possess ... it is possible to consider communicative behaviour of the adherent of the most ...

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This is made up of both Communicant Members and Adherents – both of whom have the right to a full say or the right to vote on any ...

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Within the wider Presbyterian Church structure, there are two types of membership that exist within a local church:

· An “adherent member” is someone who calls Grafton Presbyterian their church and meets regularly with us without taking formal membership.
· A “communicant member” is someone who has taken formal membership, calls Grafton Presbyterian their church and meets regularly with us.

There are two important differences between adherents and communicants, is that:
· Only a Christian can become a communicant.
· Only communicants can have a role in determining who the minister and elders are.

David Hollywood
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neutral  philgoddard: Your only reference containing "Kommunikant" is complete nonsense.
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communion takers


Explanation:
I agree with Phil. The second part of the list appears to refer to events like marriages and baptisms and the first part to types of people or other nouns like schools. So I would agree that kommunizierende may mean people who actually took communion or who are eligible to partake of it.
Kommunikanten will then be the number of times that communion was administered. The question may come up, more than once per day? No, the number of times that communion was administered to someone. So 500 times, someone took communion. It may even be that it was rounded off because they don't have a precise record of who took it more than once. Also maybe there were some people from out of town who were just there when it was served.


    Reference: http://www.pcf.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/...
    Reference: http://upstreamvistula.org/Documents/Michalki-Rypin_EN_V1_2....
Cillie Swart
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communicants


Explanation:
Active members of a church offering communion

Example sentence(s):
  • the Warden may delegate the matter to the Chaplain or another Fellow of the College who is an actual communicant member of the Church of England

    https://www.wordnik.com/words/communicant
Kevin Fulton
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Holy Communions administered


Explanation:
I hope this Google Books link opens for you:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b5oZAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA10-PA9...
Number of church services held during the year, 52; sermons preached, 68; Holy Communions administered, 1,554; baptisms, 8; funeral services, 16

Kommunizierende = registered communicant
https://www.google.com/search?q="registered communicant"&oq=...

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The round figure of 500 looks like an estimate based on a stock take of wafers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_bread

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:39
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