Quote by James Henley Thornwell

Union and Communion: this is the essence of Christianity.

— Heidi Baker

“Roman Catholicism makes union and communion with the visible church a substitute for union and communion with the Savior (92).”

— Ryan M. McGraw

“Through faith we are joined to Christ and have union with him. That bond is unbreakable. Our union with Christ is an established fact,…

— Kevin DeYoung

As two pieces of wax fused together make one so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in…

— Cyril of Alexandria

Holy communion is to feel one with the One in all beings and creations.

— Shankarananda

“When we speak of the Church as the Body of Christ we are saying that it is given such union with Christ that it…

— T.F. Torrance

“The absolutely highest stage of intercourse with God is the indwelling of the Holy Ghost in the New Testament Church, when man’s individuality is…

— Alfred Edersheim

“The actual companionship of the Holy Ghost, the divinely--bestowed right to His ministrations, the sanctifying baptism with fire, are given as a permanent and…

— James E. Talmage

“As at the Annunciation, so in the extension of Christ's Incarnation at the Eucharist, the Father sends down the Holy Spirit, to effect the…

— Kallistos Ware

“Christ, in whom godhead and manhood are so inti mately united, is as it were a living Sacrament — the personal and visible embodiment…

— Joseph Pohle

The Holy Ghost does not come upon methods, but upon men. He does not anoint machinery, but men. He does not work through organizations,…

— Samuel Chadwick

“Union with Christ is the distinctive blessing of the gospel dispensation in which every other is comprised -- justification, sanctification, adoption, and the future…

— Anonymous