Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.flame,net.religion.christian Subject: Re: WChurches saying they are the ONE TRUE CHURCH Message-ID: <8203@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 18:59:20 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8203 Posted: Sun Feb 10 18:59:20 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 02:40:50 EST References: <319@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <469@ptsfa.UUCP> <562@topaz.ARPA> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.religion:5590 net.flame:8310 net.religion.christian:195 > The Roman Catholics are a special problem. But even they consider > other churches to be part of the true church. I will leave it to a > Catholic to explain why they do not practice open Communion. While I do not know the official church policy on open Communion, the last three catholic funerals (well, Masses of Christian Burial) that I have attended (one in Maryland and two in Massechussettes) the priest has always stated that qualified communicants of other religions are welcome to participate in communion if the desire. Now I could understand one parish being renegage, but this was three different churches in three different dioceses. As a matter of fact, the church in Maryland went out of it's way to help non-catholics through the ceremony (which was much appreciated by the jewish friend of mine sitting next to me). -Ron