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peace2u2 said:
Hello. I’m not sure if I posted in right forum, but here is my question,

Last night as I passed my local Episcopal Church, I noticed that they have a new sign which instead of reading “Sunday Services” now reads, “Holy Eucharist” and the times.

I checked out their website and was surprised to see a man dressed in “priest” clothes and calls himself “Father” and calls himself a priest.

Is the Episcopal Church in full communion with the Catholic Church?

And is it ok, for me, a Catholic, to go to Sunday service there and receive “Holy Eucharist”?

Thanks.
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This is a slightly odd post, since you didn’t ask any questions about the statements in paragraphs 2 or 3, although you set it up like you were going to.

To answer the questions you did actually ask, No and No.
 
JuantheTuba said:
The Episcopal Church is the the Anglican Church in the United States.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Communion

They are not in comunion, nor do they have valid orders, so their Priests are not real Priests, nor do they have the power to confect the Holy Eucharist.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Protestants generally believe in the “priesthood of all believers” based on 1 Peter 2:9 and therefore do not concern themselves with valid orders or apostolic succession since Christ Himself declared every believer a priest. Therefore the Eucharist, Holy Communion, etc, of these churches is absolutely valid. Granted this is not the understanding of the Roman Church since they believe that other church’s orders of ministry and Eucharist is invalid but that belief does not concern Protestants since it is declared by another church and not Sacred Scripture.
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Peter_J said:
This is a slightly odd post, since you didn’t ask any questions about the statements in paragraphs 2 or 3, although you set it up like you were going to.

To answer the questions you did actually ask, No and No.
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Peter J, thank you for pointing that out. How would you have preferred the post to be worded? The thread is intended to start a dialogue about the reasons why we can’t receive at each other’s Sunday worship service regardless if I know if we can or can’t

There are a lot of Catholics in my family and friends who see nothing wrong with receiving communion at each other’s Sunday worship service. Obviously if I am a Catholic who does not know that and I see this sign and the pastor of the church is calling himself a priest of the “Episcopalian” Church, then I just might think its ok to attend and receive the Holy Eucharist.

So maybe this Episcopalian Church has low attendance and in order to draw more people on Sunday, the changing of the words from “Sunday Services” to “Holy Eucharist” is intended to do just that.
 
believerdoc said:
JuantheTuba;10995443:
The Episcopal Church is the the Anglican Church in the United States.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_Communion
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They are not in comunion, nor do they have valid orders, so their Priests are not real Priests, nor do they have the power to confect the Holy Eucharist.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Protestants generally believe in the “priesthood of all believers” based on 1 Peter 2:9 and therefore do not concern themselves with valid orders or apostolic succession since Christ Himself declared every believer a priest. Therefore the Eucharist, Holy Communion, etc, of these churches is absolutely valid. Granted this is not the understanding of the Roman Church since they believe that other church’s orders of ministry and Eucharist is invalid but that belief does not concern Protestants since it is declared by another church and not Sacred Scripture.

Yes we are all priest, prophet and king thru our Baptism, but I certainly don’t have the authority to consecrate ordinary bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus.

I know this verse is talking about healing and deliverance and not the institution of the Eucharist or the Priesthood, but Jesus does seem to be teaching about tolerance of our differences?

Luke 9:49-50

Then John said in reply, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow in our company.” Jesus said to him, “Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”
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Oh come on-surely the author of the first post could not be that dense-The ECUSA is most defintely not in communion with Rome and now is likely never to be-The term father is not copyrighted by the roman catholic Church

as for the service it goes by many names-The Mass-Morning Service-Holy Eucharist-👍
 
cmodrmac said:
Oh come on-surely the author of the first post could not be that dense-The ECUSA is most defintely not in communion with Rome and now is likely never to be-The term father is not copyrighted by the roman catholic Church

as for the service it goes by many names-The Mass-Morning Service-Holy Eucharist-👍
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I’m guessing it was just a little bit of grandstanding, so to speak. (I’m sure you Episcopalians never engage in any of that, right? :D)
 
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