> well, no, they don't ask for your credentials before you take > communion. Or at least they didn't use to.
I'll respond to both your post and Eric's with the story of my own mother who is a devout Catholic. When she came to visit me the first time and went to Mass at our local church she was refused because the priest did not recognize her. It wasn't until afterwards that she met with him that she was allowed to take communion. More to the point: http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/sacraments/receivingcommunion.html And I quote: In keeping with the sacramental meaning of the Eucharist this canon reserves the sacraments to Catholics, that is, those who are in communion with the Church. It then addresses the question of Catholics receiving the sacraments from non-Catholics. It sets the following strict conditions: a. necessity or genuine spiritual advantage b. when the danger of error or indifferentism is avoided c. it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister d. a church which has valid sacraments This last condition is the key one, since it eliminates ALL the Reformation churches (Anglican, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist etc.), none of whom have valid sacred orders, and therefore, a valid Eucharist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238108 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
