Eucharist via one species...

[Walking_Home]

Dear brother in Christ Alex,

Are we to be one body of Christ?

These concerns deserve an airing. We are learning about each other, and commenting, that’s encouraging and healthy for the church. Don’t shut us down, let’s discuss it!

There are two kinds of information one gets from these posts: facts (or attempts at facts), and opinions. We cannot dispute the facts, but we can interpret them. Condemning people who don’t agree with us will not solve anything, make your best presentation and leave it to the Holy Spirit.

In this case we know what happened: some time in the past the Latin church restricted the cup from the lay population, that’s a fact. Another fact is that no other Catholic and Apostolic churches anywhere have chosen to do that.

The opinion is whether or not we think that was proper. My opinion is that since no other Apostolic church has ever decided to restrict the cup from the laity, the Latin church is out of sync.

How can we ever consider church unity as one body of Christ without discussing these matters? If you have ever prayed for church unity you know that this is why we discuss these things openly, we are moved to do it.

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Mr. Hesychios. We in the latin rite–refer to the Catholic Church as being the Bride of Christ. Some of the first contributions by the Orthodox in this thread–made it a pt. ----that the Church is disobedient to our Lord. The Church is now an unfaithful bride.

You say —to consider church unity —we need to discuss these matters. We need a door to dialogue. It is pretty difficult to start a discussion—When the door to discussion—has been kicked in.

 

[palmas85]

Please ask the members of your own Church. Do you know much about any of your Churches outside the Roman Catholic Church? The Melkites, the Maronites, the Ukrainian Greek Catholics… Most of them ignore the Immaculate Conception because they have a different theology of Original Sin to Rome. It is important to note that Rome ALLOWS this – before there are more trumpet calls of “heretics!” Once you step outside the Roman Catholic Church and into the world of the Eastern Catholics who are united with Rome it’s quite a different ball game.

But your questions have taken us outside the topic of this thread.

The perhaps we need a new thread because what is being brought up definitely needs to be discussed.

 

[Jo_Benedict]

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This thread is now closed. Thanks to all who participated in the discussion.