Sharing Communion / Sacrament Amongst Denominations

[anatess]

Catholic communion is completely different from LDS communion. In the Catholic Eucharist, after the priest (must be done by Catholic priesthood authority) consecrates the wafer (specially made and prepared for such an event) it undergoes transubstantiation to become literally the Body of Christ. Therefore, it is impossible for a Catholic to go to an LDS church and partake of the Eucharist there since LDS Church do not have the Eucharist as the Catholics have it.

An LDS taking communion in the Catholic church is similarly disadvantaged because of the lack of priesthood authority stated by Skippy above.

[Jamie123]

In the Church of England the rule is that all Christians in good standing with their own churches, who normally receive communion are invited to do so with us. Anyone who does not wish to receive communion is invited to receive a blessing from the priest.

P.S. Having just read Anatess' last message, the meaning of "transubstantiation" does still have some meaning in the C of E. For example, once blessed all the bread and wine has to be consumed. Any left over has to be finished off by the priest - never thrown away. Also some churches keep a "reserved sacrament" by the altar, so that the "real presence" of Christ is always there in the church. In my old church (which was very "high") most people would kneel to the aumbry (where the reserved sacrament is kept) whenever going into the altar area. Hovever, even in congrigations which still do take it that seriously, there is never any bar on non-Anglican Christians receiving the Host.

[MormonGirl02]

Originally Posted by Moksha

I think that for Catholics, this sharing would extend only to those who are Orthodox or Anglican/Episcopalian.

My guess is that if someone from the Church of the Foursquare Gospel was to wander into PC's local group they would be okay, but that is just a guess.

Actually, it would not extend to those who are Anglican/Episcopalian. Catholics do not believe Anglicans/Episcopalians to have valid sacraments. I know this because I am a former Catholic.