“then why deny...”
Because if communion is taken unworthily, then it has the opposite effect of what was intended by god, that being sickness rather then health. (II Cor).
By not being a Catholic, by definition, you would be out of communion with God, the only way to be in communion would of course be by being a Catholic in good standing.
Ehh, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
You see, that just tends to irk some other Christians. Doesn't do a heck of a lot for that ecumenism thingy, either.
And I'm one of the folks who challenges the Catholic bashers around here.
“By not being a Catholic, by definition, you would be out of communion with God, the only way to be in communion would of course be by being a Catholic in good standing.”
Yet another reason to NOT be a Catholic. The staggering arrogancy.