If you are a Catholic, no, you shouldn't, because Catholics see the reception of Holy Communion as a public statement of belonging to that Church. Ecclesial communities derived from the Reformation and separated from the Catholic Church “have not preserved the proper reality of the eucharistic mystery in its fullness, especially because of the absence of the sacrament of holy orders.” The first is a positive description of the Anglican view of The Lord’s Supper. If you are an Anglican, of course you can. They are also allowed to receive communion at Catholic services. Becoming Catholic is how a person gets united with and experiences union with the whole Catholic Church. The only people to tell a Catholic they cant take communion in any other church is another Catholic. The Church of England is in the middle. I am Roman Catholic and I know we normally do not allow non-Catholics to receive communion during our services. As a Catholic, the core of one’s union with Christ is union with the church. However, I see in our catechism that there is an exception for Orthodox christians. Non-Catholics can come to as many Catholic Masses as they want; they can marry Catholics and raise their children in the Catholic faith, but they can’t receive Holy Communion in the Catholic Church until they become Catholic. Can aperson who was born, raised catholic and received first holy communion, confirmation, went to catholic school, but later joined a non denomination church…come back to their hometown and go to church with one’s family and receive communion. That is the wrong way to look at it. No. And you don't. Receiving Communion Question. Those in union can then receive Holy Communion. Anglicans are not ‘forbidden’ from receiving communion in the Catholic Church. Catholics are not permitted to take communion at any other church besides the Catholic Church, obviously, and also the Orthodox church. 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. You're right about the Catholic Church - it's different, and it's strictly prohibited to take it unless you've had your First Communion. Who can take Communion in an Anglican Church varies from province to province. Pope Francis set traditionalist teeth on edge yet again by seeming to suggest that a Lutheran could receive communion in the Catholic church after consulting her conscience. The Anglican church does not have valid holy orders, therefore, eucharistic intercommunion is not possible.
No. So my family is anglican and my sister keeps trying to explain to me that everyone can take the communion but my religion teacher and my church for sure told me that we can't because its a catholic thing but my sisterr doesn't believe me so and like yeh
The Catechism states the following:. This offers a glimpse into what Anglicans believe about Holy Communion, and it does so in two parts. I have a question about receiving communion. In the Church of England, you do not have to even be an Anglican to receive Communion. Nevertheless, Holy Communion is described in Article 28 (XXVIII) of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. I'm Catholic, but once when we were in the country on Sunday we missed the Catholic mass, so we went to the Anglican one. Lutherans have a different understanding of the eucharist, so it would be inappropriate for a Catholic to take communion at a lutheran church.