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Someone ought to explain to these unsophisticated people that the RCC ignores so many of the Bible's precepts that if it does not keep a few of them, nobody at all will believe it's a church.
I've seen your posts. You don't have a clue either.
I think Communion should be available to anyone who wants to take it. Just like the church doors should be open to all who desire to attend, but both are optional.
Exactly I am so glad that salvation don't depend on being Catholic alone.
So what common belief does a Protestant have with a Catholic? Nothing worth mentioning. The two beliefs are diametrically opposed, despite all the propaganda that the media and denominations produce.
Maybe they are like the RCC, that, in the West, cannot decide whether the bread has changed or not.
Non-Catholics who give credence to the RCC in the West support it in its campaign to spread superstition in undeveloped countries.
So shibata what is with all this hate, I see it in all your posts.
I'm not Catholic, but rather Protestant, and have taken communion during Catholic funerals. No one was turned away, if anything it was encouraged. (Sort of a don't ask, don't tell policy..LOL) About the only person who did not take it was a non practicing divorced Catholic. I know that there were a number of other non Catholics who took communion at some of these funerals, so I was not alone.
Was I wrong to do so? I don't think so. In my heart, I felt it was acceptable to do so in the eyes of God as I approached the communion in a very respectful manner.
I think we Christians spend WAY too much time worrying about our differences instead of focusing on our common beliefs.
I would not and have not ever taken Communion in a Protestant Church. I have, however, had Protestants make sure that I know it's not for me (as a Catholic visiting).
Unless you truly believe that Catholic Communion becomes the Body and Blood of Christ, it's my personal conviction that you were wrong to take communion even during a funeral. Most people who do so - also at weddings - do so because they just don't understand and think it's the proper thing to do when it really isn't.
I am glad that you approached it with respect; that is excellent but Communion in the Catholic church is intended for those who share the belief that it truly is the Body and Blood of our Lord.
Communion in the Catholic church is intended for those who share the belief that it truly is the Body and Blood of our Lord.
If one does not share that belief, one thinks that it is just bread and wine. Now if both sorts of believers eat the Body of Christ/bread, what difference of effect on them may be perceptible?
As a Catholic, the Eucharist is for me a profound sacrament that I take very seriously.
But that is my personal belief,
and there are times I will refrain from taking it because I believe I'm not at that moment "in communion" with the Church.
That again is my personal choice.
The fact remains, the Catholic Church has some rules. Notwithstanding the diversity amoungst it's members.
Not taking communion is a clear expression of my belief that either I've screwed up, or my belief that the Church has.
Either way, my actions are serious and deliberate.
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