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They no longer partook of the Eucharist, there t;hey were in direct disobedience to what Jesus Christ Himself said to do from that time forward. There is no unbroken chain back to Christ if there is no unbroken chain of His body and His blood.
Sounds like you're the one who wants to have it both ways by claiming that thumbing your nose at Jesus Christ doesn't break your connection to Christ.
He would have us believe that the church founded on divorce and blessing sodomy is the true church. That the Anglican church has endorsed sodomy is evidence that not only are they not a true church, that they have never been.