Great, let’s take the John passages literally. I have taken Catholic communion. I’m saved then, right?
Nope. See my previous post.
"For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment upon himself."
I am not citing the passage to say you are going to Hell or anything. I am citing it to show that simply taking communion does not save you, particularly if you do not believe it is the Real Presence of Christ.
Actually, no. You have placed your soul in mortal danger, because you have eaten the Body of Christ and have not discerned Him.
I Corinthians 11:27-29:
“Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, EATETH AND DRINKETH DAMNATION TO HIMSELF, NOT DISCERNING THE LORD’S BODY.”
Those who take Catholic Communion, while not being “in communion” (believing and agreeing with all that the Catholic Church teaches) have committed a very grave sin. The Church has taught this from the beginning, as St. Paul attests. Just because you do not think it is a sin, does not mean that it isn’t. There is an objective reality outside of us that is not dependent upon what we think of it.
I will pray for you, that you may receive the light of Christ.