communio
- noun
:
comunión
- Their good is shared in a communio or communion.
Examples
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There is a failure, or an unwillingness, to grasp that communio requires communication, and that communication, of its very nature, requires a two-way flow of information and ideas.
Academic text (1994) -
The Christian basis for human community is selfless love as in the divine communio.
Academic text (1991) -
And all this takes place while the Vatican continues to speak of communio as a key element of relationships within the church.
Academic text (1994) -
In this context, the current rise of communio ecclesiologies should be noted.
Academic text (2006) -
Symbolically, the notion of communio has an integrative function.
Academic text (2006) -
The reemergence of such a spirit of dialogue is an indispensable condition for the restoration of communio in the church.
Academic text (1994) -
Testimony to the Church's love can be borne by the individual, who seeks to spread to those around him the communio that is lived in the Church, and also by groups that collaborate to try to make its reality take root in the world.
Academic text (2007) -
In this regard, those who promote communio ecclesiology could well take note of the 2001 Synod document that is far more balanced in placing these two aspects into conjunction without seeking to reduce one to the other.
Academic text (2006) -
Hans Urs von Balthasar also critiques the idea that the Church is a democracy, and Walter Kasper stresses that if the Church is to be a trinitarian communio, it must be hierarchically structured.
Academic text (2001) -
In many traditions, communio represents a profound connection among community members sharing their beliefs and experiences.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
A shared feeling among people with the same interests or goals
56
1.8
Talking with others to tell and hear thoughts and feelings
42
5.5
A friendly, trusting relationship where people understand each other and talk easily
33
3.3
A feeling of close support and loyalty between people
31
4.6
A quality that people or things share
24
3.2
Feeling that you belong and are close to other people in a group
21
7.2
A close sharing of feelings and thoughts between people
4
3.4
A situation where two or more people share the same feelings and ideas
4
6.4
A shared feeling or quality between at least two people
3
4.9
A feeling of friendship and trust among people who spend a lot of time together
A strong feeling of togetherness and equality that people feel at festivals or other shared events
A feeling of sharing and support among people in a group
A feeling of trust and friendship between people who spend time together
A friendly, sociable feeling among people who share a common goal
Antonyms
How Connected
40
3.9
751
1.0
326
1.8
533
3.2
114
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Communio comes from the Latin root communis, which means 'common' or 'shared' and is the same root behind English words like community and common. So communio is about sharing or having something in common, especially a deep feeling of togetherness.