Eucharist ?

[Reid]

The Catholic Church has a closed communion - and one must be without mortal sin to receive

Other churches have open communion…

I know that we are allowed to receive the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church but are Orthodox Christians allowed by their church to receive communion in our Catholic Church - likewise do we allow it?

 

[mackbrislawn]

The Catholic Church has a closed communion - and one must be without mortal sin to receive

Other churches have open communion…

I know that we are allowed to receive the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church but are Orthodox Christians allowed by their church to receive communion in our Catholic Church - likewise do we allow it?

The Catholic missalette states that Orthodox are allowed to receive communion in a Catholic Church, so we allow them. But I’m not sure about their church allowing it for them.

Does the Orthodox Church allow Catholics to receive communion in their Church?

 

[Esdra]

The Catholic missalette states that Orthodox are allowed to receive communion in a Catholic Church, so we allow them. But I’m not sure about their church allowing it for them.

Does the Orthodox Church allow Catholics to receive communion in their Church?

I am pretty sure they don’t. I’ve been once in a Serbian Orthodox mass, and I wasn’t allowed to recieve communion when I had told the priest that I am Catholic. (At that time I still was Catholic…)

But on the other hand: I didn’t know that the Orthodox are allowed to recieve communion in the Catholic Church…

 

[RyanBlack]

The Catholic Church has a closed communion - and one must be without mortal sin to receive

Other churches have open communion…

I know that we are allowed to receive the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church but are Orthodox Christians allowed by their church to receive communion in our Catholic Church - likewise do we allow it?

No, the Orthodox Church does not permit her members to receive communion in a Catholic Church.

 

[Nicea325]

The Catholic Church has a closed communion - and one must be without mortal sin to receive

Other churches have open communion…

I know that we are allowed to receive the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church but are Orthodox Christians allowed by their church to receive communion in our Catholic Church - likewise do we allow it?

I would check church documents to get the correct answer.

 

[1ke]

I know that we are allowed to receive the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church

Clarification: The *Catholic *Church does not prohibit Catholics from receiving the Sacraments in an Orthodox Church.

However, the *Orthodox *do not allow it.

but are Orthodox Christians allowed by their church to receive communion in our Catholic Church

No, the Orthodox do not allow communion in the Catholic Church.

likewise do we allow it?

Yes, Catholic church law allows it.

 

[Reid]

Clarification: The *Catholic *Church does not prohibit Catholics from receiving the Sacraments in an Orthodox Church.

However, the *Orthodox *do not allow it.

No, the Orthodox do not allow communion in the Catholic Church.

Yes, Catholic church law allows it.

Okay this is quite interesting

The Catholic Church take no issue with us partaking in the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church yet the Orthodox Church does take issue with us doing so…

likewise

The Catholic Church welcomes Orthodox Christians to our closed communion - yet the Orthodox Church prohibits it

So if we partake in the eucharist in an Orthodox Church - do they teach we have committed a mortal sin?

Likewise if an Orthodox Christian takes communion in a Catholic Church - does the Orthodox Church teach that they have committed a mortal sin?

Final question - how does the Catholic Church handle this?

 

[Nine_Two]

Okay this is quite interesting

The Catholic Church take no issue with us partaking in the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church yet the Orthodox Church does take issue with us doing so…

likewise

The Catholic Church welcomes Orthodox Christians to our closed communion - yet the Orthodox Church prohibits it

So if we partake in the eucharist in an Orthodox Church - do they teach we have committed a mortal sin?

Likewise if an Orthodox Christian takes communion in a Catholic Church - does the Orthodox Church teach that they have committed a mortal sin?

Final question - how does the Catholic Church handle this?

The Orthodox Church doesn’t teach the same distinction between mortal/venal sins, however taking the Eucharist outside of the Church is seen as a big deal, even if you take it in a church that uses grape juice and crackers and doesn’t believe them to be a sacrament. Normal penance would be a years excommunication.

If you do have the Eucharist at an Orthodox Church, assuming there was no deception (claiming to be Orthodox) then you have not committed a sin outright, however the priest may well have (depending on the circumstances), they are answerable to God for what they do with the body and blood.

Finally, as to how the Catholic Church handles this, they recommend only taking it if the bishop knowingly and willingly allows you to.

 

[ConstantineTG]

Would the Orthodox allow a Catholic to receive? It would depend on the Bishop and/or priest of the parish. There are those with a more favorable view of Catholics who would allow it. But the general feel I get from Orthodox I have come across online is that you will not be allowed to do so.

So its mostly a case-to-case basis but its more likely that a Catholic will not be allowed to receive, from what I gather.

 

[1ke]

Okay this is quite interesting

The Catholic Church take no issue with us partaking in the Eucharist in an Orthodox Church yet the Orthodox Church does take issue with us doing so…

likewise

The Catholic Church welcomes Orthodox Christians to our closed communion - yet the Orthodox Church prohibits it

Yes, Catholics may receive in Churches with valid sacraments under the following circumstances:

Can. 844 §1. Catholic ministers administer the sacraments licitly to Catholic members of the Christian faithful alone, **who likewise receive them licitly from Catholic ministers alone, without prejudice to the prescripts of **§§2, 3, and 4 of this canon, and ⇒ can. 861, §2.

§2. Whenever necessity requires it or true spiritual advantage suggests it, and provided that danger of error or of indifferentism is avoided, the Christian faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister are permitted to receive the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick from non-Catholic ministers in whose Churches these sacraments are valid.

And administers them to members of Churches with valid sacraments in these conditions:

§3. Catholic ministers administer the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick licitly to members of Eastern Churches which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church if they seek such on their own accord and are properly disposed. This is also valid for members of other Churches which in the judgment of the Apostolic See are in the same condition in regard to the sacraments as these Eastern Churches.

So if we partake in the eucharist in an Orthodox Church - do they teach we have committed a mortal sin?

(a) The Orthodox do not have the same concept of mortal and venial sin that Catholics do.
(b) The Orthodox do not have authority over Catholics, so it’s irrelevant what they teach on the matter

Likewise if an Orthodox Christian takes communion in a Catholic Church - does the Orthodox Church teach that they have committed a mortal sin?

An Orthodox who does so would be excommunicated in their own Church.

how does the Catholic Church handle this?

Handle what?