I don't find it odd. It's a term used by religious historians and other scholars, not necessarily practioners of a faith. But even wikipedia, God forgive me for ever referring anyone there, recognizes that the Roman Catholic Church practices closed communion.
There are some Catholics who are unaware that the Roman Catholic church is a Christian denomination. There's a lot of basic ignorance about religious taxonomy. Religious taxonomy might or might not matter to a practitioner of a particular faith tradition.
Well I guess there would be PLENTY of us not allowed to have communion then as I do not go to confession and do not fast. What about those "seasonal" RC's who only go for Christmas and Easter? Are they not allowed either?
The thing is, you are arguing that something DOESN'T happen. A million people can state that it doesn't, but all it takes is one person to say that it sometimes does, for the positive statement to be true: It sometimes happens.
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I don't find it odd. It's a term used by religious historians and other scholars, not necessarily practioners of a faith. But even wikipedia, God forgive me for ever referring anyone there, recognizes that the Roman Catholic Church practices closed communion.
There are some Catholics who are unaware that the Roman Catholic church is a Christian denomination. There's a lot of basic ignorance about religious taxonomy. Religious taxonomy might or might not matter to a practitioner of a particular faith tradition.
What about those "seasonal" RC's who only go for Christmas and Easter? Are they not allowed either?
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