Amen!
I have worshiped in Lutheran, Baptist and other churches and have been warmly welcomed as a brother.
A couple of years ago I remember traveling to visit family and attended Christmas Eve service at a Reformed Baptist church. They had communion after the main service and wanted to interview (my words) any guests before they broke bread.
The deacon who interviewed me asked why I should be allowed to partake. I told him I am a sinner who has been saved by faith in Christ alone and I bring nothing of my own. He asked if I was a member of a church that preached the Gospel, and I affirmed that I was. He asked if I could vouch for my family, I did. He warmly welcomed us to the table.
Quite different from what you get in a Roman outpost.
Did you ever participate in the Eucharist at a "Roman outpost" or were your words simply speculative?
Different teaching. Different understanding. Apples and oranges.
The deacon who interviewed me asked why I should be allowed to partake. I told him I am a sinner who has been saved by faith in Christ alone and I bring nothing of my own. He asked if I was a member of a church that preached the Gospel, and I affirmed that I was. He asked if I could vouch for my family, I did. He warmly welcomed us to the table.
AMEN! Great story.
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." -- 1 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.