did that person commit a grave sin?
2007-09-07 18:24:19 · 7 answers · asked by Perceptive 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
as a Catholic, I do believe that it's not symbolic.
2007-09-07 18:33:23 · update #1
No matter what their beliefs, if a person knowingly receives holy communion and is not in a state of sanctifying grace, OR if the person knowingly receives holy communion in violation of the laws of the Catholic church, then that person commits a very serious sin of "sacrilege" against the body and blood of Christ.
1Co 11:26 For as often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice, you shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.
1Co 11:27 Therefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord.
1Co 11:28 But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that bread and drink of the chalice.
1Co 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.
2007-09-07 19:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It all depends. . .
If the non-Catholic is unaware Communion should only be taken by Catholics, the gravity of the sin will be less than it would be if the person knows Communion should only be received by Catholics, but does it anyway.
2007-09-08 00:28:39 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that person did not commit a grave sin, but if they knew what they're doing, then they are aware of the fact that they are being disrespectful to Catholics.
Transsubstantiation in the Eucharist doesn't exist, it's only symbolic. So, if a non-Catholic eats the Eucharist, they are only eating a bread wafer and drinking a sip of wine, that's all. But why do this in the first place if one isn't Catholic?
If a little kid who is non-Catholic gets up there and receives Eucharist without knowing what s/he is doing, then this is completely innocent, no wrong done.
2007-09-07 18:31:12 · answer #3 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
depends on the why - accidentally - no issue, with the intent of being disrespectful. different matter. The Church believes that it is the Body and Blood, not just a symbol, which is why we request those who do not accept that to not partake.
2007-09-07 18:34:02 · answer #4 · answered by treehse65 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they'll just figure out how bland communion wafers taste.
2007-09-07 18:31:40 · answer #5 · answered by nobody important 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Only if it was done knowingly, not if it were just a mistake.
2007-09-07 20:31:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing
2007-09-07 18:33:41 · answer #7 · answered by walter e 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋