Receiving communion

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I am a Lutheran who was a Southern Baptist who is headed to the Catholic Church in the future. In the Lutheran church, we have always gone up to receive communion, either kneeling or the “Catholic way” or as we call it continuous.

I am hearing that some of the contemporary services on the Lutheran church are receiving communion like the reformed, it is passed out to everyone in the pews and then everyone eats and drinks it at the same time.

Many of our traditions come from the Church and I was wondering how the Tradition of coming to the alter to receive the body and blood started and is there any history I can read up on about this. I am very uncomfortable receiving communion the “Baptist” way.

Thanks for any answers or information you can give me.

Kathi
 
Curious, do Lutherans just reenact the Last Supper or Crusifixion of Christ also.?
 
By the way…Holy Communion was receive standing until the 9th century…
 
Deo_Gratias42 said:
Now people think we are to stand because “we’re the Resurrected People” :rolleyes:.
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While I’ve seen this done in some RC parishes, it is much more common in Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the UGCC – who are in communion with Rome. They stand during the liturgy to emphasize the Resurrected Christ (not sure about the “Resurrected People,” for that would be odd considering that we are still alive and not yet even dead).

Resurrection in Greek is anastasis, which can also mean standing up.
concordances.org/greek/386.htm
Bookcat said:
By the way…Holy Communion was receive standing until the 9th century…
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And it has been done so constantly since then even till today in the 21st century! 👍

At every RC parish I’ve been to Mass, I’ve received standing up, though I know that some kneel, even without a communion rail. In the Eastern Catholic Church, one recieves Holy Communion while standing up and with one’s arms crossed across the chest. This symbolizes the first letter of Christ in Greek, X. Too bad that many RC parishes use it as a sign of exclusion for not receiving communion.
 
when i was protestant, i attended a methodist church where the people went up to the altar and got on their knees to receive holy communion. i always liked that style, and wish the catholic church would have something like that method instead. it takes longer to give everyone communion but there is just something about it that i liked.
 
Thomas31 said:
when i was protestant, i attended a methodist church where the people went up to the altar and got on their knees to receive holy communion. i always liked that style, and wish the catholic church would have something like that method instead. it takes longer to give everyone communion but there is just something about it that i liked.
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As a Catholic, you are allowed to recieve on your knees. It’s an ancient Catholic practice.
 
Splagchnizomai said:
While I’ve seen this done in some RC parishes, it is much more common in Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the UGCC – who are in communion with Rome. They stand during the liturgy to emphasize the Resurrected Christ (not sure about the “Resurrected People,” for that would be odd considering that we are still alive and not yet even dead).

Resurrection in Greek is anastasis, which can also mean standing up.
concordances.org/greek/386.htm
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Actually its more common in the UGCC to kneel. The Church latinized much during the Soviet persecutions.
 
Splagchnizomai said:
While I’ve seen this done in some RC parishes, it is much more common in Eastern Catholic Churches, such as the UGCC – who are in communion with Rome. They stand during the liturgy to emphasize the Resurrected Christ (not sure about the “Resurrected People,” for that would be odd considering that we are still alive and not yet even dead).
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More simply, the position of respect in the east is standing, not kneeling. Kneeling is a position of repentance.

any kneeling in an EC church on Sunday (or an EO, for that matter) is a pure latinization; it is actually prohibitted by ancient canons (Nicea? I forgot). (there are a couple of Sundays, though, with full prostrations)
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As a Catholic, you are allowed to recieve on your knees. It’s an ancient Catholic practice.
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Kneeling as a position of respect, rather than penitence, is a later (medieval?) development, as is genuflection. It came about because if such was due an earthly king, such tokens of respect would also be due the King of Kings.

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