If your Roman Catholic can you go to a Church of England Church Service?

Answer 1

Officially, if you are not confirmed a Roman Catholic then you are excluded from receiving communion (mass) in the Roman Catholic Church. However, the Church of England is very different. Most CofE clergy will allow anyone who normally takes communion in their own church (whatever denomination) to take communion in a Church of England if they are, say, visiting. Very few clergy these days only allow confirmed Anglicans to take communion, and these tend to be in the churches with a more Catholic tradition akin to the Roman Church. In some more progressive Anglican churches, clergy will allow anyone to take communion as long as they come in faith, whatever denomination and whether confirmed or not. As a confession (!!) I have myself, as a member of the Church of England, received communion in a Catholic Church without the priest knowing that I was not a Catholic, at one time even at a mass presided over by Pope John Paul II. No doubt, had he known, I may well have been refused. I regarded, and still do, the receipt of communion a matter that resides solely between myself and God and so it should not have any dependence upon a man-made Church rule but on God's loving grace and a personal faith.

Answer 2

Yes, a Catholic may "go to" an Anglican service, but no they may not receive any sacraments, nor will it satisfy the requirement to attend Mass on Sunday (or Saturday night) .

Canon Law states in 884.1 that Catholics may receive the sacraments from Catholic ministers, and Catholic ministers may administer Catholic sacraments only to Catholics.

Having said this, Canon Law provides that some non-Catholic denominations have valid sacraments, but the Anglican and Episcopal Church are not among them.

Answer 3

Generally speaking, no. Most Anglican Churches operate an 'open table' meaning that anyone who normally receives communion in another church (whether it be Catholic, Methodist or whatever) are welcom to receive communion in the Anglican Church. Some Anglican Churches even go so far as to allow anyone who loves Jesus to receive whether a member of another church or not. However, the Roman Catholic Church refuses to allow any other denomination to receive holy communion in their churches. the reason often given is that their beliefs are different surrounding the mass from almost all other denominations. However, in the Anglican Church, the Anglo-catholic wing of the Church has almost identical beliefs of transubstantiation, re-sacrifice and so on, but still the Roman Catholic Church will not welcome them to share in this sacrament.

Answer 4

No you must be a Catholic in order to receive Holy Communion. if you are not and you're visiting a Catholic church, you are free to go up and receive a blessing from the priest during Holy Communion, just approach the priest with your arms crossed in front of you.

Answer 5

No. It's not Roman Catholic, it's just Catholic, and it's not a service, it's called the Mass, or more properly, the Eucharist, and it is Holy Communion not communion. All that being said, yes, if the Anglican converts to Catholicism and is received into the Church, otherwise, no.