Roman Catholic AnswerChristians
No, a Catholic should not receive communion in anything but a Catholic Church.
Catholics are any who profess to believe in the teachings of the Catholic Church. Teachings of the Catholic Church are outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which is kind of like the Catholic Church's Constitution.
Roman Catholic AnswerThe political and religious center of the Catholic Church is a person, and He is called by the title and name of Our Blessed Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. His Vicar on earth is the Holy Father, who resides in the Vatican.
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Yes, but the Episcopal person will probably not be able to have a funeral in a Catholic church. The spouse of a Catholic who is not a Catholic can be buried from the Catholic Church if that person has lived a good and Christian life. It happens quite frequently.
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The question, as asked, makes no sense. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ and universal bishop of the Catholic Church. In a certain sense he is the Catholic Church as he, in his person, represents Our Blessed Lord, Jesus Christ, Whose Mystical Body IS the Catholic Church.
ExcommunicationRoman Catholic AnswerI could be wrong, but I don't know of anyway to remove a person from the Catholic Church. If a person is a Catholic, then they remain a Catholic, subject to all the laws of the Church until they die. An excommunicated person is under a specific penalty in which they can not receive the Sacraments or be given a Christian burial, but they are still required to attend Mass, and abide by all the other regulations. A person may remove themselves from the Church's jurisdiction, but they are the only ones who may do that - the Church cannot.
In our church, (Roman Catholic) the bread holder is called a Eucharistic Minister. The person holding the cup of wine has this name also. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the Roman Catholic Church, the answer above (a Eucharistic ---- also called an Extraordinary ---- Minister) is the title of the person who DISTRIBUTES the body and/or blood of Christ. When Holy Communion is distributed in a place other than the church (hospital, home, nursing home, etc.), the case in which the Host is carried is called a pyx.
.Roman Catholic AnswerMost of the people who protested against the Church in the sixteenth century were heretics and apostates. Today they are, more politically correct, known as "protestant reformers" by those who followed them.
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