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To: Mogollon
Protestants have open communion as Jesus told us to have, whereas Catholics have closed communion.

What a crock, go into any Catholic church and try to receive Communion and see if they refuse you.

136 posted on 12/27/2008 5:22:28 PM PST by X-FID ( Support your local micro-brewery)
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To: X-FID
What a crock, go into any Catholic church and try to receive Communion and see if they refuse you.

This entire thread is about the Catholic Church's position that those not confirmed in the Church cannot partake in communion.

Can you receive communion before Confirmation?

Talk to your local RCIA director or parish priest - those who have not been confirmed and are not a member of a local parish are not allowed to take communion. If you identify yourself as not being a confirmed parishoner, you will not be willingly given communion, according to the doctrine and teaching of the Catholic church.

I've had several discussions about this with a good high school friend (Father Stephen, now in the Chicago diocese), my mother in law who earned her Masters in Catholic Education from Seattle University (a Jesuit university) and now is the director of Christian education and RCIA director at a local Seattle parish, and from 12 years of Catholic education from K to 12th grade (graduate of St. Alphonsus and Bishop O'Dea High School, both in Seattle).

170 posted on 12/27/2008 5:58:00 PM PST by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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