[Argus]

Looks like we've got our own Holy War right here on this thread.

Tony Blair should know better than to try and take Communion at a Catholic altar when he is not Catholic. Anyone who is even slightly aware of our doctrine knows that this is sacrilege. Good Catholics won't even take Communion if they are not in state of grace - non-Catholics are completely out of the question. What sets Catholics apart from Protestant denominations is our belief that the Host, by transubstantiation, is the actual Body of Christ. It's true that high-church Anglicans also believe in transubstantiation, but not being in communion with Rome disqualifies them ipso facto from participating. This schism was the Anglican's choice nearly five hundred years ago, not Rome's. If they want back in, they know what it will take.

[ellery]

Just out of curiosity, what would the Anglican church have to do to rejoin the Roman Catholic church?