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[quote=Anonymous]Actually Catholics should not ever receive the Eucharist outside of the Catholic Church.  I recently was attending an important event for a friend in the Episcopal church and my parish priest informed me while there is no religious reason I could not participate in the service, I should not receive communion.

I found this explanation on a website . . .

"According to the Code of Canon Law, receiving communion in a Protestant church is generally not permissible. According to canon 844, “Catholic ministers may licitly administer the sacraments to Catholic members of the Christian faithful only and, likewise, the latter may licitly receive the sacraments only from Catholic ministers.” The key term here is licit. If a Catholic receives communion from a Protestant minister, it is generally considered “illicit” or unlawful.

The reason for the Catholic Church’s general rule against sharing in the Eucharist with other churches is that a person can only be in full communion with one church. As a Catholic, the core of one’s union with Christ is union with the church. The center of this union lies in the reception of the sacrament of the Eucharist during Mass, which is both a confession and embodiment of unity with the Roman Catholic Church."[/quote]

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