I would say that I have attended a great variety of Catholic churches with different priests over the years...I have heard many a priest fulfill that part of the doctrine before.
I'm a little confused here though....first you were debating that the table wasn't closed, now you say that it is closed....are you just debating that it's closed but IYE it's never, ever been stated that?
I think that she thinks that just because no one will stop you at the altar from taking communion at the church, that therefore, everyone is welcome to take communion. We already had this discussion -- substitute door for altar and wedding for communion.
People inside the faith refer to it as a closed table, too. Because, well, you know, it is. You might have a very good reason, doctrinally, for closing it to those outside of people in good standing in the faith....but it is closed. I am not saying that like it's a bad thing.
Just because the rule isn't strictly enforced doesn't mean it's not a rule that non-members should refrain from taking communion.
I could go to a Catholic church right now and take communion and nobody would be the wiser that I'm not a member. Just because I can get away with it doesn't mean I'm allowed.
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<<NO ONE will be denied and there are no questions asked so if you go and get it and you are not supposed to, that is between you and god.>>
Everything I have read states differently.
PumpkinAngel
I would say that I have attended a great variety of Catholic churches with different priests over the years...I have heard many a priest fulfill that part of the doctrine before.
I'm a little confused here though....first you were debating that the table wasn't closed, now you say that it is closed....are you just debating that it's closed but IYE it's never, ever been stated that?
PumpkinAngel
thanks for proving what it is we do and don't call our communion.
did you read the link?
ask my priest what?
read mozart_sonata's link.
there are parts of that that come directly from the catechism.
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That's the impression that I'm getting, too.
Just because the rule isn't strictly enforced doesn't mean it's not a rule that non-members should refrain from taking communion.
I could go to a Catholic church right now and take communion and nobody would be the wiser that I'm not a member. Just because I can get away with it doesn't mean I'm allowed.
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