Holy Holy Communion: What are the rules as to giving it to non-Catholics?

Answer 1

Christian Believers that do not believe that the Eucharist that is distributed at the Catholic Mass is the TRUE BODY and BLOOD of Christ, are not allowed to partake in Communion

Catholics believe the following...

Joh 6:48 "I am the bread of life.
Joh 6:49 "Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
Joh 6:50 "This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
Joh 6:51 "I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh."
Joh 6:52 Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?"
Joh 6:53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
Joh 6:54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Joh 6:55 "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
Joh 6:56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
Joh 6:57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.
Joh 6:58 "This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever."
Joh 6:59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
Joh 6:60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"
Joh 6:61 But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
Joh 6:62 "What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?
Joh 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Joh 6:64 "But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.
Joh 6:65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father."
Joh 6:66 As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.
Joh 6:67 So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"
Joh 6:68 Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
Joh 6:69 "We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God."
Joh 6:70 Jesus answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?"
Joh 6:71 Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.

Notice that Jesus made no attempt to soften what he said, no attempt to correct "misunderstandings," for there were none. Our Lord’s listeners understood him perfectly well. They no longer thought he was speaking metaphorically. If they had, if they mistook what he said, why no correction?

On other occasions when there was confusion, Christ explained just what he meant in Matt. 16:5–12. Here, where any misunderstanding would be fatal, there was no effort by Jesus to correct. Instead, he repeated himself for greater emphasis.

In John 6:60 we read: "Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, ‘This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?’" These were his disciples, people used to his remarkable ways. He warned them not to think carnally, but spiritually: "It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63, and again in 1 Cor. 2:12–14).

But he knew some did not believe. (It is here, in the rejection of the Eucharist, that Judas fell away; look at John 6:64.) "After this, many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him" (John 6:66).

This is the only record we have of any of Christ’s followers forsaking him for purely doctrinal reasons. If it had all been a misunderstanding, if they were wrong in taking a metaphor in a literal sense, why didn’t he call them back and straighten things out? Both the Jews, who were suspicious of him, and his disciples, who had accepted everything up to this point, would have remained with him had he said he was speaking only symbolically.

But he did not correct any of them. Twelve times he said he was the bread that came down from heaven; four times he said they would have "to eat my flesh and drink my blood." John 6 was an extended promise of what would be instituted at the Last Supper—and it was a promise that could not be more explicit.

Or so it would seem to a Catholic.

Answer 2

For the most part, the Roman Catholic sacrament of Holy Communion (Eucharist) is not to be given to non-Catholics due to the differences in understanding about the meaning of "this is the Body and Blood of Christ." (Although I still think most of us believe the same thing and just use very different words.)

Having said that, I do believe that there are a few Orthodox Catholic groups whose beliefs are such that the RCC allows the reception of Communion. I'd have to do a little digging to find the specifics.

Answer 3

The sacrament of communion is after baptism and before confirmation. Generally young children from ages 7-9 take classes in Catechism then go through a ceremony where they all take their first communion together with the Church.

If a person has not received their first communion, then they may go up and get blessed, but not receive communion. You do this by crossing your arms in front of you, left hand on right shoulder and right hand on left shoulder, then bow your head for the Eucharistic minister to give the blessing. If you do not wish to get blessed you can stay seated. No biggie.

Answer 4

To receive the Body Blood Soul and Divinity of Christ in the Holy Eucharist you first must believe what Christ said it was! The individual must not have sin upon them, so go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation, finally be Confirmed in the Holy Spirit.

Next I would refer you to what Saint Paul 1 Cor 11: 23-29 says in answer to your question. Please read it carefully.

Answer 5

Anyone who believes that Jesus is their Lord and savior, and has confessed their sins to Christ before the start of the Communion Service is eligible. No where in the Bible did Jesus say that you had to be Catholic to receive Communion.

Answer 6

If you are not Catholic, you cannot take communion with Catholics.
Lutherans also do not take Communion with anyone but Lutherans

Answer 7

Non Catholics are not to receive comunion in a Catholic church. The priest even said as such at the last funeral i went to.

Answer 8

At our church (non-denominational) we have communion every Sunday, and it is open to anyone who is a follower of Christ.

Answer 9

It cannot be given to non-Catholics at all.

Answer 10

non-rc's are scum of the earth! we do not break bread with them. hehehe...