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Why is a pastor the only person permitted to administer Holy Communion?
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Priests can also administer communion. However, from the dawn of Christianity, through the time when the Christians were persecuted & forced into hiding, until the formation of a formal church, all that were baptized had the right to administer communion. It's only through the organization of religion that the right of communion was limited to the official clergy. The intent, in early Christianity, was to have no formal church.
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When are christians allowed to receive there First Communion?
In order to do Communion, you have to take special classes that are around 3 months long and the Pastor/Preacher teaches the class. The classes are about communion, baptisim, the Ten Commandments etc. and once a person passes all the classes and attended all of them, the then go into Confimation which is a big deal. In confirmation the person has to memorize afew things and then they are confirmed and have their first communion. From then on, in the next church services(Sundays), the person can take communion. Before Confirmation even happens, the person cannot do communion.
Who is legally able to offer communion in the United Methodist Church?
Christ Jesus invites to his Table all those who love him, repent of sin, and seek to live as Christian disciples. This could be a member of a church or not. This could be an adult or a child. The United Methodist has an Open Table, which means that they do not limit who can participate in the receiving of bread and cup. All who respond in faith to the invitation are to be welcomed.
How would the Catholic Church respond if Jesus who was Jewish wanted communion?
The Catholic Church would not administer Communion to Jesus. This is not due to the fact that he was "Jewish" (all Christians for the first two centuries after Jesus's death were considered Jewish), but because Jesus is the Bread of Life. The Host contains His Spirit. The purpose of Communion is also to administer God's grace. Jesus Christ, being one person in the Triune God, would not need to receive His own graces.
What was the psalms that niel Armstrong recited after landing on moon?
Neil Armstrong did not recite any psalms as he is generally not a religious person. Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong's flying mate, however, gave himself communion. Aldrin, a church elder, used a pastor's home Communion kit given to him by Dean Woodruff and recited words used by his pastor at Webster Presbyterian Church.
What is a person called that can administer facial chemical peels?
An esthetician is a person that can administer the facial chemical peels.
What a lay person can administer?
\baptism in an emergency
What is a sentence with the word administer in it?
The nurse will administer the sedative.I need to administer all of this paperwork by Friday.The vet decided to administer a painkiller to the kitten.
How long must a person wait to become a license Pastor in a Church?
That depends on the organization that the person belongs to. Ask your pastor's bishop for the specifics.
What is lay person who gives sacraments in Catholic Church called?
The only sacrament that a lay person may administer is baptism, and that only in an emergency, in an accident where there is danger that a person is dying or dead. You may be asking about Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, who are laypeople (or clerics in Minor Orders) who are appointed to help distribute Holy Communion, they are just called Extraordinary Ministers.
Is it wrong for a person give themselves communion in the privacy of their home?
Communion is not simply 'ordinary' food and juice (wine). The priest consecrates--blesses--these as being the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. But it is also a person and public "communion" between ourselves and Christ, and between us and other believers. So a person who takes Communion in the privacy of their home risks removing the sacredness of the Sacrament, and losing out on the reverent but celebration of 'communion'.
What does a special minister of Holy Communion do?
A special minister of holy communion is a lay person who is given the opportunity to help the priest or presider in a Mass to distribute Holy Communion. A special minister of holy communion may also give holy communion to the sick.
How do you receive holy communiom?
There are different ways you can receive holy communion. When you walk up to the Priest or the person giving out communion, you place or hands out one over the other. The person giving out communion will say the body of christ, you will then say amen. As you walk back to your seat you can then choose to cross or to not. Another way to receive holy communion is to kneel on the floor in front of the person giving out communion, open your mouth and it will be placed on your tongue. Either one is correct depending on your personal beliefs. You must have taken classes and have received your first communion, to receive holy communion.
