Theologian: Shared Communion With Protestants Would be Blasphemy and Sacrilege

National Catholic Register ^ | January 2, 2017 | Edward Pentin

[BlessedBeGod]

...If the Church were to change its rules on shared Eucharistic Communion it would “go against Revelation and the Magisterium”, leading Christians to “commit blasphemy and sacrilege,” an Italian theologian has warned.

Drawing on the Church’s teaching based on Sacred Scripture and Tradition, Msgr. Nicola Bux, a former consulter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, stressed that non-Catholic Christians must have undertaken baptism and confirmation in the Catholic Church, and repented of grave sin through sacramental confession, in order to be able to receive Jesus in the Eucharist.

Msgr. Bux was responding to the Register about concerns that elements of the current pontificate might be sympathetic of a form of “open Communion” proposed by the German Protestant theologian, Jürgen Moltmann.

The concerns have arisen primarily due to the Holy Father’s own comments on Holy Communion and Lutherans, his apparent support for some remarried divorcees to receive Holy Communion, and how others have used his frequently repeated maxim about the Eucharist: that it is “not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”

The debate specifically over intercommunion with Christian denominations follows recent remarks by Cardinal Walter Kasper who, in a Dec. 10 interview with Avvenire, said he hopes Pope Francis’ next declaration will open the way for intercommunion with other denominations “in special cases.”

The German theologian said shared Eucharistic communion is just a matter of time, and that the Pope’s recent participation in the Reformation commemoration in Lund has given “a new thrust” to the “ecumenical process.”

Pope Francis has often expressed his admiration for Cardinal Kasper’s theology whose thinking has significantly influenced…the priorities of this pontificate, particularly on the Eucharist.

For Moltmann, Holy Communion is “the Lord's supper, not something organized by a church or a denomination”...

[ealgeone]

That’s like the pot calling the kettle black! (Except in this case the kettle is pure gold.) How many sects of Protestantism are there and counting?

Well, right now there appears to be two sets of roman catholics. Pre and post Vatican II.

Which one are you?

[ealgeone]

The context of the usage of Father in Matthew and 1 Corinthians 4:14-15 determines the proper understanding.

Please also see Matthew 15:4-5 in relation to Matthew 23 for comparison.

[editor-surveyor]

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Astounding, is it not!
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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “(Incidentally, the Church teaches that the blessed virgin did need to be redeemed by the sacrifice of Jesus at Calvary, but that God applied the graces to her in advance of her conception.)” <<

Amazing!

You know that your church preaches this depth of blasphemy, yet you still remain in the abyss with them?
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[strider44]

Another pointless my Jesus is better than your Jesus thread. It’s depressing to watch Freepers argue about this.

[ReaganGeneration2]

Are the Gospels consistent in saying that one can be saved by believing only, without any action to exhibit one’s belief?

[ReaganGeneration2]

The part of the thread I was discussing ECF’s was about the Eucharist, not papal authority. But thanks for those quotes. Will take a look.

[ealgeone]

The ECFs are just as divided on the Eucharist as they are on the other topics. Their only consistency is their inconsistency.

[ealgeone]

Paul nor John thought it was bad to argue about truth. They wrote several books about it.

[Repent and Believe]

The more glory Mary receives, the more glory Jesus receives.

If anything to ignore Mary’s prominence is more at blaspheming Jesus.

[Repent and Believe]

The so-called “Vatican II” was a council sadly held by apostates.

The Church has held but one Vatican Council so far.

[metmom]

The fruits and doctrines of Catholicism are that of Jesus Christ.

The Inquisition?

Really?

[ealgeone]

To worship Mary like Roman Catholics do goes against the Word.

[metmom]

A blog is sufficient proof?

That’s pushing it a bit.

Besides, which article is it in.

I’m not giving any more hits to someone’s blog.

[metmom]

And Catholics keep dancing around the fact that Jesus commanded that we CALL no man *Father*, but the title.

Again, excuses and justifications and rationalizations for disobeying Jesus.

[metmom]

Don’t forget the EO.

And the Greek Orthodox.

And the Russian Orthodox.

And the Ukrainian Catholic.

And ......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_rites_and_churches

(Alexandrian:

Coptic Rite

Ethiopic Rite

Antiochian:

Maronite Rite

(West) Syrian Rite

Malankara Rite

Armenian Rite:

Armenian Rite

Chaldean or East Syrian:

Chaldean Rite

Syro-Malabar Rite

Byzantine Rite (Constantinopolitan):

Byzantine

Latin (Western) liturgical rites:

Roman Rite

Pre-Tridentine Mass (the various pre-1570 forms)

Tridentine Mass

Mass of Paul VI

Anglican Use

Ambrosian Rite

Rite of Braga

Mozarabic Rite

Catholic Order Rites (generally defunct):

Benedictine Rite

Carmelite Rite

Carthusian Rite

Cistercian Rite

Dominican Rite

Franciscan Rite

Friars Minor Capuchin Rite

Premonstratensian Rite

Servite Rite

Catholic autonomous particular Churches:

Latin Church with Latin liturgical traditions

Eastern Catholic Churches

Alexandrian liturgical tradition:

Coptic Catholic Church

Ethiopian Catholic Church

Eritrean Catholic Church

Antiochian liturgical tradition:

Maronite Church

Syrian Catholic Church

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

Armenian liturgical tradition:

Armenian Catholic Church

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:

Chaldean Catholic Church

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

Byzantine liturgical tradition:

Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church

Belarusian Greek Catholic Church

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church

Byzantine Church of Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

Macedonian Greek Catholic Church

Melkite Greek Catholic Church

Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic

Russian Greek Catholic Church

Ruthenian Catholic Church

Slovak Greek Catholic Church

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

[metmom]

Lots of flavors of Catholicism to choose from>

I wonder which one of the variants and at what point in their respective histories, they were the OTC.

[SirLurkedalot]

Amen×Eternity

[metmom]

The so-called “Vatican II” was a council sadly held by apostates.

The Church has held but one Vatican Council so far.

Is that official church teaching or your opinion?

If it's official church teaching, please cite it.

[metmom]

The so-called “Vatican II” was a council sadly held by apostates.

The Church has held but one Vatican Council so far.

By what authority or whose authority do you presume to sit in judgment of your church's leadership and the decisions they make?