Communion Tokens
Many Scottish Protestant churches used to give tokens to members passing a religious test prior to the day of communion, then required the token for entry. Some US and other churches also used communion tokens.
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“They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy.”
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