How can and infant know about examining himself. Jesus said that we are to remember what he did for us on the cross when we take communion. How does this apply to an infant?
2006-10-22 07:32:04 · 2 answers · asked by Freedom 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They do it because they do not know better. Communion should begin at age 8 along with baptism in my belief. That is the age of accountability where a person understands sin and the consequences of it.▬
2006-10-22 18:43:53 · answer #1 · answered by # one 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think your question is loaded so I will answer with an excerpt from the Orthodox Church in America's website:
http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=122&SID=3
"Traditionally the Orthodox understand everything in the Church to be sacramental. All of life becomes a sacrament in Christ who fills life itself with the Spirit of God.
The Orthodox baptize infants as well as adults as the new birth into the new life of Christ. Baptism is understood and celebrated as the person's participation in the death and resurrection of Christ. It is the person's Easter as he is born again into life eternal....
"Holy Communion is the "sacrament of sacraments" in that it is the banquet of the Kingdom of God, the fulfillment of every other sacrament. In Holy Communion we partake of the Body and Blood of Christ, the Eternal Passover Lamb, Who makes us alive and holy with Himself. Through Holy Communion we become sons of God the Father, together with Jesus, filled with the "communion of the Holy Spirit."
Your Protestant Scripture says that Jesus rose from the dead - so tell me why would Protestant scripture discourage infants from becoming "sons" of God the Father, together with Jesus and filled with the communuion of the Holy Spirit?
2006-10-23 09:00:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋