May I receive Communion with Lutherans?

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My boyfriend is Lutheran and recently we were having a discussion about faith. He told me that the Lutheran church believes in transubstantiation and the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. My understanding of the prohibition against receiving communion at other churches is a difference of opinion on the Real Presence. So, since Lutherans believe in the Real Presence, shouldn’t I be able to receive communion if I go to their services?

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Jessi
 
HI,

No. Simply because they believe that they have the real presence doesn’t mean that they do. The Catholic Church does not recognize the validity of their ordinations and therefore their eucharist.

And they do not believe in transubstantiation. They believe in CONsubstantiation whereby the bread and wine remain bread and wine while the Lord is somehow attatached.

The Catholic Church DOES recognize the validity of the sacraments in the Eastern Orthodox Churches, but we are not allowed to partake of their sacraments unless we are in a place where there are no Catholic churches available.

The Eucharist is a sacrament of union and presuposes that those who partake are completely united.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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