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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Dec 29 14:51:30 2004, in response to Re: Media Taking Christmas out of Christmas, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Dec 29 12:22:11 2004.  The real biggie is the way Catholics look at Communion and the way most Protestant Christians look at Communion. Yes. I was raised as a Presbyterian, and later became a Catholic. So one of the more difficult transitions was the Eucharist. But then the Presbyterians never understood their communion as being the Body and Blood of Christ, they understand their actions as a "rememberance" of the Last Supper. If that is what it is, then that if fine with me. Some Protestants are closer to Catholic than others. Episcopalians are the closest since their split was political rather than ideological. Lutherans are next, they were looking at abuses in the Church of their day, and banned all that was banned in scripture. Other Protestants (Calvin) Banned all that was not specifically required in scripture. Others just do their own thing, and find something scriptural to support it. The Presbyterians are not so much worried if Calvin would recognize them as that Jesus would recognize them. That is a fairly decent standard to hold a Christian to, eh? Bottom Line: I can look at a Presbyterian communion service and know what it is they are doing, and say, yes that is valid for what it is. I could receive it in fellowship if I felt so inclined, understanding that it was not the body of Christ and did not satisify the requirement of receiving communion. I would not do so because in might give scandal to others who would not understand that I understood what the difference was. They can look at our euchrist and worry about how we put Christ in that bread, or that the Church will not share it with them because they cannot see it our way. My parents did not (were not invited to) receive communion when I was professed as a monk. Popes and Bishops notwithstanding we would not deny communion to someone who presented himself for communion unless we *knew* there was a reason for this person not to receive. We frequently let other Christians receive at our mass if there is other reason for a eccumenical gesture, and usually because that person was willing to accept that our Eucharist was the true Body and Blood of Christ, even if their denomination does not believe that of their own communion. |
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