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Note: this post is a reflection on the article [[Recieving (not taking) Communion]] | Note: this post is a reflection on the article [[Recieving (not taking) Communion]] | ||
[[File:Holy-Communion Pietro Longhi, Eucharistiae Sacramentum wikipedia cropped bright.png|none|frame|Holy Communion by Pietro Longhi]] | [[File:Holy-Communion Pietro Longhi, Eucharistiae Sacramentum wikipedia cropped bright.png|none|frame|Holy Communion by Pietro Longhi]] | ||
Even from Catholics, one may hear the Rite of Communion referred to -- incorrectly -- as "taking Communion." | |||
== "Taking" Communion -? == | == "Taking" Communion -? == | ||
It seems that "taking" Communion is more commonly used by Protestants, and, if so, perhaps it represents a doctrinal diistinction regarding the Holy Eucharist. This website is uninterested in Catholic v. Protestant apologetic debates, so we will not go into the Protestant choice of words here, and, instead, focus on Catholic teaching of the Sacrament of the Eucharist and why one "recieves" and does not "take" Holy Communion. | |||
A possible source of the confusion may stem from the use of "partake" by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 17: | A possible source of the confusion may stem from the use of "partake" by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 17: | ||
Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/10?16 1 Cor 10:16-17]) | Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/10?16 1 Cor 10:16-17]) | ||
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