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There is nothing more egregious within the Catholic Church than the audacity they had to remove the cup from the people of God, especially since Jesus commanded, “Do this in remembrance of Me.”
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Originally Posted by MissKate12
My congregation administers the fruit of the vine in individual cups.
I'm curious as to why you condemn others on the exercise of their communion althewhile instituting practices found nowhere in scripture in your own?
I've challenged your belief that the Catholic Church is the "True" Church but you haven't given me any response back. What makes it the "True" church? Who said it is the true church? Every church believes they are the truth. What convinces you that the Catholic church is the true church?
It's the True Church because it meets the criteria of being One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic.
It was founded by Christ Himself, and its hierarchy today is composed of the direct successors to the Apostles.
There was only one time where I saw a Catholic church offer wine during communion and they stopped doing it when cases increased in the area.
The way around this is the alternative method of distributing the wine using the aluminum tray dispenser where everyone who partakes in the communion takes a small cup and drinks from it, then places the cup back on the tray. Not sure if this goes against scripture though since Jesus used a chalice which he shared with his disciples. I'm not sure if scripture takes into consideration the scenario where people might be sick when partaking in communion. I know the Lutheran Church (ELCA and WELS, not sure about LCMS) does this all the time. Growing up, the ELCA church I went to used a chalice which everyone drank up. I am assuming no one had any problems with it.
We always drank from the same chalice in the Episcopal Church, except for people who for whatever reason could not ingest alcohol. There was a second, grape juice chalice for them.
I do not think they have resumed that practice. Maybe everybody could bring their own little mini chalice and the priest pour the consecrated wine from a little pitcher.
That's not a response to any of my questions. You just keep repeating the same statements over and over again.
Maybe I missed your questions somehow. I haven't been able to keep up with the discussions as closely as usual due to the holidays. You asked me what makes the Catholic Church the True Church, which I answered...
Maybe I missed your questions somehow. I haven't been able to keep up with the discussions as closely as usual due to the holidays. You asked me what makes the Catholic Church the True Church, which I answered...
Me and MissKate posted our criticisms of the Catholic Church. Awaiting your response.
Thanks. The only post I see where you asked me a direct question is Post #358, and I answered it here in Post #372.
As for your Post #360 inquiring about my response regarding various Catholic practices; I have no response. I'm not interested in discussing specific Catholic practices in this thread, but would be happy to discuss them elsewhere where they may be more directly on topic.
Me and MissKate posted our criticisms of the Catholic Church. Awaiting your response.
You had also asked Kathryn about my conversion to Catholicism.
I posted a very brief version of it here, and would be happy to share a link to the longer version with you if you're interested. Just DM me.
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