Holy Communion

[Kgrayz]

Hello, do you have to be baptised to be able to make your holy communion??

[Kgrayz]

Ok thank you. Both my children have been baptised and my son has just started classes to prepare for his Holy Communion, they both attend a catholic school, just some of the children in the class have not been baptised but attend the same catholic school and are in the Holy Communion classes.?.

[marval]

http://answers.yahoo....20090402161456AA5X1Or

[anneasquith]

yes.

[jomifl]

err.. what does receive the body of christ mean?

[tamborine]

yes, to eradicate 'original sin' (naughty Eve tempting dumbo Adam with an apple). You need to show your Bap Cert for a catholic church wedding.

[jomifl]

Tony.. what does receive the body of christ mean?

[mike11111]

In the Church of England not only did you have to be baptised, but also confirmed before you were admitted to Holy Communion, unlike the RC Church which admits unconfirmed children. I don't know whether that still applies in the C of E; it seems anything goes these days

[jomifl]

The catholic church is quite happy to indoctrinate anybody, mother theresa baptised corpses allegedly

[mibn2cweus]

When you receive the body of Christ do you have to swallow?

[I.Don No]

why on earth would you make this decision for your children? Surely religion is a personal choice.......

[jomifl]

apparently not, It seems had the devil excorcised without my knowing, that explains a lot.

[jomifl]

Mib, that was worrying me too, I'm beginning to see where some of the catholic priests are cumming from.

[mibn2cweus]

Looks like you've found a work around the censorbot jomifl. You'd think the phrase 'catholic priests' alone would have put it on the alert.

[pugwashjw]

There is no scriptural basis for such a tradition.

[naomi24]

Pugwash, that isn't true. Although probably emanating from earlier traditions, that of the Christian church derives from the Last Supper when Jesus reputedly offered his disciples bread (his body) and wine (his blood) and told them to do this in remembrance of him. I've always suspected he meant them to get together for a meal occasionally, but I don't suppose anything that simple works for the church.