Posted on 11/30/2015 11:43:53 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Vatican's cardinal in charge of liturgy and the sacraments has strongly defended the Church's tradition on reception of Communion in the wake of Pope Francis' comments to a Lutheran woman suggesting she could choose in conscience to receive.
Speaking with Aleteia reporter Diane Montagna, Cardinal Robert Sarah said, "Intercommunion is not permitted between Catholics and non-Catholics. You must confess the Catholic Faith. A non-Catholic cannot receive Communion. That is very, very clear. It's not a matter of following your conscience." ...
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Glad to see the senior leadership in the church challenge Francis’ comments.
We need a term for when the Pope makes one of these “mistakes” or “mistatements”, because they happen so often.
Malapopeism? Popeian Slip?
What ever happened to Ecumenism? Weren’t the various Protestant denominations only supposed to be “separated brethren”?
In the Catholic Church, I don’t think it is a democracy. I think it is a dictatorship....in a good way (I am Catholic). I think what the Pope says is gospel. The Archbishop may be reassigned to Syria to watch over the injured.
Protestants are “separated brethren”, not simply “brethren” because the churches are divided over various issues, including the Eucharist. Therefore, non-Catholics are not supposed to receive communion in Catholic churches (with a few, rare exceptions for Orthodox Christians, who wouldn’t receive anyway on account of their own rules).
Even when it contradicts actual Gospel?
Here is a good article discussing it, if you have the time. However, the gist of it is the pope cannot change fundamental doctrine, and his response was not an official answer, which in the end anyway, he said he couldn’t allow it.
http://www.catholic.com/blog/jimmy-akin/pope-francis-on-intercommunion-with-lutherans
An imbergroglio.
Just so. Protestants and Catholics agree on many things—as do the numerous kinds of Protestants. But with the possible exception of High Anglicans, they disagree on the nature of the Eucharist. Catholics believe that it is, in substance, the real Body and Blood of Christ, and only in outward appearance bread and wine.
Since Orthodox Christians also believe in the real nature of the Sacrament, they may be allowed to receive it—but are forbidden to by the authorities of most Orthodox churches.
It would be wrong for a Lutheran to receive Communion, because Martin Luther denied the reality of the Sacrament. It is NOT the real Body and Blood of Christ. Most Protestants continue to take that position. How can they properly and respectfully receive the Sacrament when they don’t believe in it?
I once headed a scholarly conference on Christianity and literature that included both Catholic and Protestant (mostly Evangelical) members. We could work on many things in common, while agreeing to disagree on some theological points. The nature of the Sacraments was certainly one such point. But we could agree that marriage was between a man and a woman and that adultery was wrong, to take one area where we differed from many or most secularists.
Good one!
Lutherans do believe in the Real Presence of the Body and Blood.
Still, we are not in communion with Catholics. Which is kind of the point.
Actually, the pope did say that the non-Catholic woman could not receive, but, typically, he snaked the conversation for much too long prior to saying that.
Malapopeism
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Good one!
“Intercommunion is not permitted between Catholics and non-Catholics. You must confess the Catholic Faith. A non-Catholic cannot receive Communion. That is very, very clear. It’s not a matter of following your conscience.” ...
This just shows the cult the Catholic Church has become
Just look at what was decided by Peter,Paul etc, when some Christian Jews wanted to have Gentiles to keep the laws that the Jews had struggled with.
It was decided that faith in Christ was all that was necessary, but that the Gentiles should abstain from eating things that were sacrificed to idols , and from Sexual Immorality
Denominations outside of simple Christianity are not what was ever intended
How about "poops"?
So the pope doesn’t know Catholic doctrine. Our president doesn’t know the Constitution.
He did? That's not how I recall it. Could you provide the quote?
BTTT!
The quote:
I wouldn’t ever dare to allow this, because it’s not my competence. One baptism, one Lord, one faith.
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At #8 there is a link to a religion scholar’s analysis.
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