The mutual excommunication was lifted in 1964 by Pope Paul the Sixth and the Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras the First.
So it is permissable for a Roman Catholic to receive Communion in an Orthodox Church and vice versa. The two churches PREFER that believers receive the sacrament in their own church, but if none is available the other will do
2007-09-09 08:25:20
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answered by Anne Hatzakis 6
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Only Orthodox Christians in good standing are permitted to receive Holy Communion within the Orthodox Church. It DOES NOT MATTER what some Roman Catholic Bishop might say. Roman Catholic Bishops do NOT get to decide Orthodox doctrine, EVER. Yes, the mutual excommunications were lifted, but there are still doctrinal and ecclesiological disagreements. Holy Communion is only to ever be performed when there is full unity. It is the final expression of unity, not a way-station on the way to unity. Until there is unity, it is best for each group to perform communion apart from each other, and work towards unity.
2007-09-09 15:34:16
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answered by Hoosier Daddy 5
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Yes.
Roman Catholics are not allowed to receive communion in Eastern Orthodox Churches.
2007-09-09 15:20:42
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answered by NONAME 7
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No. As far as I know, Catholics are allowed to receive the Communion in the Orthodox Churches. I think that only there if not in Catholic churches
2007-09-09 15:24:54
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answered by nadie 6
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Yes.
There is a Catholic Canon Law that states that Catholics are not to receive Communion in non-Catholic Churches.
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.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1322 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt1art3.htm
With love in Christ.
2007-09-09 23:12:13
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answered by imacatholic2 7
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Roman Catholics are not generally permitted to receive the Eucharist from the brethren Catholic churches, excepting that the only available Catholic church is an Orthodox church and the parishoner has secured permission from his/her Bishop.
Given those exceptions (together, not independant), it becomes permissible.
2007-09-09 15:22:24
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answered by Anonymous
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Because Catholics believe the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ, non-Catholics may not receive there. and for the same reason that beliefs are different, Catholics may not receive elsewhere. For that would be disrespectful and insulting to the beliefs of that faith.
2007-09-09 15:23:25
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answered by treehse65 4
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idk. Does it involve kissing?
2007-09-09 15:26:19
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answered by Chapter and Verse 7
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