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Can a 10 year old receive his First Holy Communion in the Catholic Church if he was not baptized in the Catholic Church?
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Of course, as long as he has received a valid baptism.
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Do you have to be baptized to take communion?
Catholics do not 'take' communion, they 'receive' communion. Yes, you must be a baptized Catholic to receive communion in a Catholic Church. Also, you must have undergone instruction and received your First Holy Communion.
Why can't unbaptized Catholics receive communion?
Until they are baptized, they are not Catholics. Only Catholics may receive communion in the Catholic Church.
At what age can you drink wine in the Catholic Church?
Any baptized Catholic who has received his/her First Holy Communion can receive communion under both species.
Can a Church of England person receive communion in a Catholic Church?
No, a Catholic should not receive communion in anything but a Catholic Church.
Can c of e take communion at child's first communion?
Nobody can take Holy Communion in a Catholic Church, you may only receive Holy Communion from the priest, and then only if you have been baptized in the Catholic Church and previously made your first Confession and First Holy Communion. Bottom line? An Anglican may not take communion in a Catholic Church.
Can you take Communion in a Catholic church before being baptized?
You may never "take" Holy Communion in a Catholic Church. You MAYonlyreceive Holy Communion after you have been baptized, and in the Latin Rite, made your First Confession.
Can you receive the sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church if you are baptised in Anglican church?
The Catholic church only recognizes one baptism, therefore, if you were baptized protestant, you do not get baptized again if you convert to Catholicism. You will, however, have to go through classes before being able to receive your first communion. If you do this as an adult, you attend RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) and you will receive your communion and confirmation in the same mass.
Do you have to be baptised to receive Communion in the United Methodist Church?
You do not have to be baptized to receive holy communion in the United Methodist Church. The only requirement is that you feel moved to take communion. This is called open communion.
Can an Anglican take communion in a Maronite church?
.Catholic AnswerOf course not, an Anglican is a protestant, a Catholic Church is Catholic. An Anglican may receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church after completing RCIA classes and being brought into the Church at the Easter Vigil, but if they wish to remain an Anglican, they are, by that very fact, proclaiming that they are not in communion with the Catholic Church, so to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church would be a lie and dangerous to their spiritual well-being. Aside from all that, Catholics to not "take" Holy Communion, they "receive" Holy Communion.
Can a Greek orthodox confirm a child in a catholic church?
No. In order to be able to partake of the Holy Sacrament of Communion, you must be baptized and christmated(confirmed) in the Church in which you plan to receive the first communion. However, you are unable to be baptized in both churches, as the church in which the child has been baptized for the second baptism, becomes the Church in which they stand in and can only stay in that church, unless they convert to the other church, and lost the "right" to take communion in the church they converted form.
Why does the Catholic church not allow other Christians to partake in communion?
Because one of the reasons for receiving Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is to publicly show your communion with the Catholic Church. Non-Catholics are not in communion with the Catholic Church and therefore cannot receive Holy Communion.
Can a Methodist receive communion in an episcopal church?
Yes! Any Christian baptized by water with a Trinitarian formula may receive communion.
