[old-ager]

Communion is not just a personal thing. It's part of a "commun"al confession of faith and doctrine. So he declared his oneness with the doctrine of that church when he "communed" with them. Needless to say, if you are on the side of the RCC that says there is definite doctrine, you would not be doctrinally at one with any Protestant church.

Specifically: (1) they probably did not use wine (there was no such thing as refrigerated or frozen "grape juice" when Communion was instituted) (2) the public confession of that church would be that Holy Communion is only a human work of obedience or remembrance, not a Sacrament (mysterious transmission of forgiveness from God to man via earthly elements).

So what he did was not even Communion. But it _was_ a mockery of Communion.

[Jim Noble]

But it _was_ a mockery of Communion

Make of it what you will.

Our services are not mockery.

[muawiyah]

No, actually it was Communion. Not only that, it was undoubtedly a complete Communion with bread AND wine offered to the Christians and their friends around the table.

It is necessary for all Christians to bear witness at all times in any given venue. Possibly Kerry will be brought to an understanding sufficient for salvation. At the moment he's not there, nor would he be even if he followed to the letter every detail of various church laws.

[twigs]

Wrong. I am Presbyterian, take communion as a remembrance, looking forward to His death until He returns, and it is NOT, I repeat, IT IS NOT, a human work. That is quite an insult to Protestant believers. I am married to a Catholic and he once took communion in my church because we open our communion to the body of ALL believers. His mother, howver, took him to task and said that to be a good Catholic, he could not take communion outside the Catholic church.

[PresbyRev]

Calling the celebration of the Eucharist in a Protestant Church a 'mockery of communion' is offensive. Akin to a Protestant labeling the Celebration of the Mass idolatry and the veneration of a Jesus cookie.

More to the point, why is Mr. Kerry not fenced from the table (altar) in any Roman Catholic Church? It doesn't seem there are any sanctions forthcoming from any source of authority in the RCC.

One can criticize Kerry's manipulation of religion without attacking Protestants.