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jsking1964
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 03:18 am |
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| Hi all, it is I again here in Texas, and I have a BIGGY that I need help with. OK, now I know that Protestants baptism is accepted as valid in the Catholic Church. I also know that a protestant could not recieve communion in a Catholic Church. However, it was pointed out to me that now the reverse is also true-meaning that a Catholic cannot recieve the Lord's Supper (communion) in a Protestant church. Can anyone tell me where this is taught in the Catcechism?
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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemed. Mark 16:16
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Thu Jan 24th, 2008 05:06 am |
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Hi Benedict. Here is the pertinent passage from the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
CCC 1400 Ecclesial communities derived from the Reformation and separated from the Catholic Church, “have not preserved the proper reality of the Eucharistic mystery in its fullness, especially because of the absence of the sacrament of Holy Orders.” It is for this reason that, for the Catholic Church, Eucharistic intercommunion with these communities is not possible.
Your question is also addressed in the Code of Canon Law:
Can. 844 §1 Catholic ministers may lawfully administer the sacraments only to catholic members of Christ’s faithful, who equally may lawfully receive them only from catholic ministers, except as provided in §§2, 3 and 4 of this canon and in can. 861 §2.
One significant difference between the sacrament of Baptism and that of the Eucharist is the prescribed minister. Baptism may be administered validly, in case of necessity, by anyone, even a non-Christian. But the Eucharist requires an ordained priest to confect and administer it. Since Protestants do not have priests (at least not in the Catholic sense, even though in a few denominations they may be referred to as “priest” or “father), they can neither confect nor legitimately administer the Eucharist.
Note, too, that “administer” is legally a different word from “distribute.” The distribution of the Eucharist to the faithful may be accomplished through laymen who serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Even in this case, the presence and action of a priest, the Ordinary Minister, is necessary, and he remains the one who officially administers the sacrament through the agency of the Extraordinary Ministers. This is signified in the rubrics of the Mass, whereby the Extraordinary Minister is not allowed to handle the sacred species on his own initiative, but must wait for the priest to hand it to him as a gesture of delegation. So in addition to the Catechism and Canon Law, the rule requiring a genuine and legitimate priest is also enforced through liturgical law.
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jsking1964
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Posted: Fri Jan 25th, 2008 02:15 am |
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Hi David, thanks for your help. I have already looked up the information, and have taken percautions so that by Monday, I will be confirmed under a state of grace. I have alerted my preist that I need to speak with him, and he is coming out to the nursing home on Sunday to hear my first confession. Plrease keep me in your prayers.
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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemed. Mark 16:16
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Fri Jan 25th, 2008 03:24 am |
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Glory be to God. Benedict, I salute you as you prepare so efficaciously to enter the Church.
David
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