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To: AnAmericanMother; kosta50

"Our missalettes still contain the invitation, but add a caution that the visitor should check with his own bishop or metropolitan before receiving and should "be in accord with the rubrics" of his own faith."

That's what it used to say here. Why, since the Roman Church is very, very aware of the fact that Orthodoxy does not allow inter-communion except in the most extreme circumstamces, would a Latin diocese publish such a thing? Its seems to me terribly disrespectful of a sister church. We have never done such a thing (except as we all know in the Middle East, but, as Kosta says, that's another story).


23 posted on 10/12/2005 6:36:25 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
I'm not sure about this, but I think it's because it's o.k. with the Romans even if it's not o.k. with the Orthodox. I guess perhaps they want to point out that it's not Rome that is prohibiting reception.

We have a large Orthodox presence in Atlanta, both Greek and several different groups of Russians, so it's not a problem here, but if somebody lived in a very isolated area where no Orthodox priest was available, and some emergency came up, perhaps they would have been given permission ahead of time?

The invitation is so hedged about with cautions, it makes it pretty clear.

29 posted on 10/12/2005 6:51:51 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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