Dos and Don't for non-Catholics

• bbbbbbbb

  28 Jun 06, 20:42

  A non-Catholic cannot receive holy communion, are there any other things that a non-catholic cannot do?
• SingaporeMacross

  28 Jun 06, 20:47

  Non-Catholics may not recieve the Body and Blood of Christ, and they may not recieve any Sacraments.
  
  
• vince69

  28 Jun 06, 20:57

  Non-catholic christian can attend Mass?
• the Bear

  28 Jun 06, 21:04

  sure.. anyone can go attend it, just that non-catholics do not share in the Holy Communion
  
  

  Originally posted by vince69:

  Non-catholic christian can attend Mass?

• vince69

  28 Jun 06, 21:10

  Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:

  Non-Catholics may not recieve the Body and Blood of Christ, and they may not recieve any Sacraments.
  
  

  Any reason for this? I know that for some conservative protestant churches, one need to be water baptised before they can receive the Sacraments/Holy Communion.
  Thanks
• SingaporeMacross

  28 Jun 06, 22:27

  Originally posted by vince69:

  Any reason for this? I know that for some conservative protestant churches, one need to be water baptised before they can receive the Sacraments/Holy Communion.
  Thanks

  This is in the Catholic context.
  
  Sacraments are a sign of sharing in the public life of the Church. They are meant to edify it's members. Sacraments are an encounter with God, an official channel of recieving divine grace.
  
  Non-Catholics are denied Communion because it is necessary to believe in the Real Presence before consuming the Body of Christ. The Eucharist is both a sign of communion with Christ and communion with the Catholic Church.
• NT2

  28 Jun 06, 22:28

  Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:

  This is in the Catholic context.
  
  Sacraments are a sign of sharing in the public life of the Church. They are meant to edify it's members. Sacraments are an encounter with God, an official channel of recieving divine grace.
  
  Non-Catholics are denied Communion because it is necessary to believe in the Real Presence before consuming the Body of Christ. The Eucharist is both a sign of communion with Christ and communion with the Catholic Church.

  also to note that the Church of England (anglican/episcopal) are in one sided Communion with the RC. such that RC are welcomed to partake the Anglican Eucharist but not the other way.
• ObiterDicta

  28 Jun 06, 23:36

  Originally posted by NT2:

  also to note that the Church of England (anglican/episcopal) are in one sided Communion with the RC. such that RC are welcomed to partake the Anglican Eucharist but not the other way.

  We also note that Catholics are not allowed under our church laws to receive communion in other denominational churches.
• SingaporeMacross

  29 Jun 06, 00:26

  The Orthodox can communicate in our churches, but they will never let us communicate in theirs.
• Honeybunz

  29 Jun 06, 23:40

  You need to fully believe in and accept the Catholic teachings in order to receive holy communion. That's why restricted to Catholics only.
  
  The same rule applies in other denominations.