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EvangelCatholic said:
You would be warmly welcomed at the altar of any Anglican/ Episcopal church if you believe that Christ is fully presence in the Eucharist.
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Oooo … yes, that’s true, but your RC priest won’t be pleased. Don’t do it if you wish to remain in good standing as a Roman Catholic.
 
Picky_Picky said:
Oooo … yes, that’s true, but your RC priest won’t be pleased. Don’t do it if you wish to remain in good standing as a Roman Catholic.
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Officially that may be true but I know from experience going back many decades that Catholics gladly commune in Episcopalian and Lutheran Masses. And I have been invited to commune in Roman Catholic parishes/ religious communities innumerable times.
 
EvangelCatholic said:
Officially that may be true but I know from experience going back many decades that Catholics gladly commune in Episcopalian and Lutheran Masses. And I have been invited to commune in Roman Catholic parishes/ religious communities innumerable times.
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Not that that proves much. Plenty of catholics divorce, fornicate, steal, lie, abort babies and root for the Packers too. We’re all fallen humans and what is right and true is not determined by the horde.

Communion is a lie committed with the body if entered into by people who fundamentally are ecclesially separated in defiance of the will of Christ. It’s not a tool to be used to pretend to a communion that isn’t real, but a visible manifestation of communion that has been submitted to. I don’t expect you to agree, but it would be jolly decent of you to acknowledge the way Catholicism sees the issue.
 
manualman said:
Not that that proves much. Plenty of catholics divorce, fornicate, steal, lie, abort babies and root for the Packers too. We’re all fallen humans and what is right and true is not determined by the horde.

Communion is a lie committed with the body if entered into by people who fundamentally are ecclesially separated in defiance of the will of Christ. It’s not a tool to be used to pretend to a communion that isn’t real, but a visible manifestation of communion that has been submitted to. I don’t expect you to agree, but it would be jolly decent of you to acknowledge the way Catholicism sees the issue.
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It is impossible to respond to anyone who compares fornication to taking holy communion. I will likely never again respond to you.
 
katy said:
On the same line about looks, I went to a Lutheran wedding a few years ago and wondered what a Catholic priest was doing up there. I turns out many Lutheran ministers like to dress as Catholic priests also.🤷
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Even a “Roman” collar. lol.
 
EvangelCatholic said:
Officially that may be true but I know from experience going back many decades that Catholics gladly commune in Episcopalian and Lutheran Masses.
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Ah, proof positive that our efforts to catechize the congregation were in sore need of improvement back in those decades.
EvangelCatholic said:
And I have been invited to commune in Roman Catholic parishes/ religious communities innumerable times.
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Innumerable times? Who invited you, the same “Catholics” who gladly communed in Episcopal and Lutheran Masses?
 
In all things, charity.

I don’t commune in Roman churches even when invited because it would give off the impression that I agreed with RC Church doctrine.
 
EvangelCatholic said:
It is impossible to respond to anyone who compares fornication to taking holy communion. I will likely never again respond to you.
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That’s a dodge and you know it. One can demonstrate that people do commit sins in order to demonstrate that they capable of sinful acts without equating the severity of that sin with other sins. If nothing else, I would have thought the Packers reference would have made that clear. 🤷

Your logic that I was responding to is similar to Nancy Pelosi’s logic on abortion. (“I’m catholic and I know plenty of catholics who have determined in good conscience that we can’t oppose our moral judgements on others…”) Sins and errors are so no matter how popular they are.
 
JuantheTuba said:
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.
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Episcopal Priests may not be “real” in the eyes of the Catholic Church, but in the eyes of the Episcopal church they are very real and to us that’s all that matters.
 
GKC said:
I always encourage bibliographic binges. I’ll be off on one tonight.

SO is a little light on the point of intent.

GKC
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OK. But that means I need to read both again! Nuisance.
 
on_the_hill said:
Do you really not know these things?
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Just because I am Catholic, does not mean I know and understand everything about my faith. In fact, upon learning a lot about my Catholic faith the past few years and asking other Catholics about their faith, you would be surprised at the good amount who really know very little about their faith especially in the differences in all the different Protestant churches.
 
Picky_Picky said:
Oooo … yes, that’s true, but your RC priest won’t be pleased. Don’t do it if you wish to remain in good standing as a Roman Catholic.
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I think if I “met my Sunday obligation in my Catholic Church”, my RC priest wouldn’t mind if I mingled with my Protestant brethren, of course, I would have to either refrain from communion or go see my priest for absolution after.
 
Indifferently said:
In all things, charity.

I don’t commune in Roman churches even when invited because it would give off the impression that I agreed with RC Church doctrine.
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Well your still invited if you have the courage and I believe that is why we wouldn’t partake of each others communion because we are separated unfortunately and my lack of courage prevents me from entering your church doors.

Not long ago, I read an article about this woman who spent every week for a year at a different religious worship service of God. That takes guts. It must also have been a beautiful encounter with the living God to see that God loves all His creatures as we all seek Him yet in different customs.
 
gamewell45 said:
Episcopal Priests may not be “real” in the eyes of the Catholic Church, but in the eyes of the Episcopal church they are very real and to us that’s all that matters.
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To be honest, I just assumed that only “Catholic’s” called their ministers “Priest” or “Father” " and thought only “Protestants” called their ministers, “Pastor”. In fact a few years ago I said in conversation to a “non-practicing” Catholic about our “pastor” and her response was, oh are you not Catholic anymore? Like I said in an earlier post, its amazing how many “Catholics” know very little about their faith.
 
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