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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt the purpose of OP starting this thread was to ask dcum to bash her Catholic faith tradition.

Rather, it appears she started it for advice on how to be respectful and gracious at her loved one's important spiritual milestone.

Really, those of you who came here to bash only make yourself look bad.[/quote]

Where's the bashing?  I don't see where anyone has said anything about the church that is not based on church teaching, or at least their understanding of it.

OP asked about what to expect at an Episcopal service so she could be respectful without compromising her Catholic beliefs.  Some responses indicate that some people are not aware of Catholic beliefs pertaining to other Christian churches.  Others have gotten different information from their catholic churches.

A practicing Catholic would be sinning to accept communion in the Episcopal church, which OP seemed to know.  The reverse is not true -- An Episcopalian is not committing any sin in the Episcopal church by taking communion in a Catholic church.  However if the priest knew the person's religion, they would deny the host, right there at the altar rail.  That has happened. Some priests are on the lookout for it.   It's very embarrassing to the person denied communion.   So it's best to know all of this in advance.

Catholic churches will clarify who's in and who's out before communion, but the priests and lay servers can't really know if people are unqualified unless they do something odd at the rail to tip them off.   A catholic who is not in a state of grace can easily take communion because they know the right moves. [/quote]

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