Can you recieve holy comunion if your not catholic ?

Question

well i hav a frend hoo i shindu n she has had her holy comunion...im a bit puzzled !

CAn u also have ur 1st holy comunion if ur not catholic/christian ???

Answer 1

No, you can recieve a blessing but not actually take communion as such.

Answer 2

WOW, I would have never thought to ask this question. I am pleased to see this question on the Y/A forums.

Yes, so do:

Lutherins
Methodists
Penticostals
Episcopalians
Baptists
The Church of God
Presbyterian
United Church of Christ

However most use purple grape juice instead of wine.

As far as taking a first holy communion? Catholics do this much earlier in the child's life than do many other denominations. Most of them allow the child to be baptized and to take their first communion at the age of twelve. This is because this was when Jesus Himself reached the age of accountability, and He began to preach and teach. I cannot say for all denominations when they allow first holy communion, but as for most of the ones above it is the age of twelve.

They see communion as a way to remember Christ's sacrifice for us all. To come nearer to Christ, by taking communion in rememberance of Him. Also this is proving that they do in fact believe in Him, though they cannot see, touch, feel, smell, or taste Him.

Some cults also take a form of communion, thus just because a group does so does not make them Christian or followers of the One True God of the Bible. I know an EX-high preistess and an EX-sorcerer who are married, they are now born-again followers of God. They told me that their coven would have communion while reading the Bible backwards, and sacrificing small animals that had not yet had relations with another animal. They said that they had to sacrifice virgin animals. Also, the reason they got out of the coven? The members wanted them to have a baby, so they did, then later when the baby was about 6 months old the coven wanted to sacrifice their baby. They then saw it was not holy, and they left the cult. So BE CAREFUL about what religion or belief system you dabble in dear, you need to learn ALL ABOUT a group before you yourself join it.

Blessings & Peace,
Jewel

Answer 3

Your question is a bit vague.

For a number of very good reasons, non-Catholics are not allowed to partake of Catholic holy communion, which is the real and substantial body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ.

Non-Catholics have their own communion services, which are purely symbolic, and which remain only bread and wine (or juice).

While protestants left the authentic eucharist behind when they broke away from the true church, they do benefit from spiritual communion, which occurs whenever 2 or more are gathered in Jesus' name.

It's just not quite the same as becoming one with Christ, in both the body and the soul.

Answer 4

If you are not Catholic, then go to a different church to experience the partaking of the emblems. The Catholic church uses fermented wine instead of the New Wine or grape juice that Christ used in the Bible. It's not really holy if taken for the wrong reason.

Answer 5

No- you should not take Communion in the Catholic Church if you are not Catholic. The reason behind this is the belief of transubstantiation. Catholics want to make sure that everyone who receives the Body truly believes that it *is* the Body of Christ after it's consecrated. From what I understand, we're like the only ones who believe that this process takes place.

As far as First Communion is concerned, your friend is only allowed to start that process if he/she has been baptized.
I hope that helps! :-)

Answer 6

You cannot receive communion in a Catholic Church if you're not Catholic, but you can in other churches if you are Christian. If you are not Christian you should not take communion because you don't believe or understand what it means. Communion is just for believers. It depends on your denomination...my church (Presbyterian) practices open communion, which means you can take communion as long as you are a Christian even if you are from a different church (Lutheran, Baptist, non-denom, etc.)

Answer 7

You can receive communion if you are Protestant, Anglican, Methodist etc so long has you are confirmed in the Church, it is different to Catholic communion but you still taste the blood and flesh of Christ by sipping wine and eating bread

Answer 8

No you can't, well let me rephrase that, if you are NOT a Catholic, you SHOULDN'T, obviously you can, anybody can, the problem is, do they really understand that its the Body of Christ that they are receiving every time you commune? Do all of this ppl who "commune" and have not been baptized, christened or have had their first Communion know and understand Catholic practices.

Answer 9

Many Christian denominations have holy communion. Methodist, Lutheran, Salvation Army, etc.

Answer 10

I have no idea. Technically a non-Catholic could enter Catholic mass and receive Holy Comunion. It is not like any one would know that the non-Catholic wasn't Catholic.

Answer 11

At the Last Supper, Jesus said, “Take this bread. It is my body.” The he said, “Take this and drink. This is my blood. Do this in memory of me.”

Catholics believe this was the First Eucharist, that through some miracle the bread and wine actually became the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

Catholics reenact the Last Supper during every Mass, where the priest, acting in place of Christ, changes the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

This is a great sacrament of thanksgiving and unity of Catholics.

Anyone who does not believe in the actual presence of Christ and is not united with the Catholic faith is asked, out of respect, not to receive the Eucharist.

Catholics, out of respect for other Christian faiths, do not receive Communion in non-Catholic churches.

We pray that one day Christian unity will succeed and we will all be called to the same table.

With love in Christ.