In my view the line in post 16 should have been typed:
“But as they are fundamentally opposed to each other, it would be a mistake for a Catholic to partake of a PROTESTANT communion, and a mistake for a PROTESTANT to partake of a Catholic communion.”
As a long time defender of Catholics from being bashed, I believe that we, Protestant and Catholic, are CHRISTIANS. We both follow Jesus and accept Him as our Saviour. All of us Christians have too many enemies in this secular world to defend ourselves from than to engage in fighting each other.
Are you a PROTESTANT?
If so, what are you protesting? I get why you use that word. Many Christian denominations consider themselves protestants because their particular religion was formed on or after 1517.
As for me, I consider myself a Christian. Based on the the Bible and not what some pope in Rome might think.
Of course Christians, Catholics as well as protestants must stand together to fight our enemies. But more than that we must follow biblical principles only in order to achieve our salvation. Not Catholic dogma and not protestant reformist teachings.
For some Protestants their entire religious identity is in being vehemently NOT CATHOLIC!
As a Prot, I hate to see this happen, but, more often than not, it is CatholicISM that is being bashed.
But many Catholics FEEL this on a personal level.
(NOW you'll get it from BOTH sides!! LOL)