Do Episcopalians believe in the real presence of Holy Communion?

Question

Just a simple answere please. A small explanation?

Answer 1

Yes, they do. Unfortunately, though they believe it it, their belief is unfounded since, like other Protestant churches, they do not have a valid priesthood, which is essential for valid consecration of the Eucharist.

Answer 2

Whether or not Episcopalians believe in the Real Presence of Jesus in Holy Communion should not be the question.
They can believe it, but it dosen't mean that it is true.

Vatican II, 'Unitatis Redintegratio,' No. 22 states: "Nonetheless, the observations of the Council concerning the Ecclesial Communities which arose in the West from the sixteenth century onwards and are separated from the Catholic Church remain fully pertinent:
'The Ecclesial Communities separated from us lack that fullness of unity with us which should flow from Baptism, and we believe that especially because of the lack of the sacrament of Orders they have not preserved the genuine and total reality of the Eucharistic mystery."

Only a validly ordained male Catholic priest can confect the Eucharist. Because Episcopalian priests come from a line that broke away from the Catholic Church in the 1600's as the Church of England, their Sacraments of ordination are not valid.
To do such things as confecting or producing the Holy Eucharist, which is truly the body and blood of Christ, requires an unbroken chain of succession back to Peter. The Episcopal Church does not have this. The Episcopal Church began in 1789 in the United States.

Answer 3

Actually, the Episcopal faith supports a number of differing views. While some Anglicans believe in transubstantiation, others believe in consubstatiation. Since there is really no clearcut scriptural answer to the question, the Episcopal faith believes that individuals can conscientiously seek their own solution to this.

I'm also fascinated by the two previous posters weighing in on a subject that has nothing to do with their faith.