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		Considering all the issues clamoring for the attention of the pope, this is a remarkable amount of time and energy to invest in talking about the Blessed Sacrament.
		One thing obviously worrying Rome these days is unauthorized "intercommunion" — the practice of giving holy Communion, indiscriminately but knowingly, to non-Catholics in the context of the Mass.
		Intercommunion may be a bigger problem in Europe now than it is in the United States, but we have plenty of problems of our own.
	www.catholicherald.com /shaw/shaw03/shaw1002.htm (585 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		VATICAN CITY, OCT. 3, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Among the topics set forth for the debate of the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist is that of "intercommunion" -- whether non-Catholic Christians may receive holy Communion.
		If it is the Eucharist that ensures the true unity of the Church, celebration or participation in the Eucharist that does not imply the respect of all the factors that concur to its fullness would end up, despite the best of intentions, by further dividing ecclesial communion and its origins.
		"This assertion on intercommunion does not exclude that, under special circumstances and with respect for the objective conditions, one may admit to the Eucharistic communion, as 'panis viatorum' [pilgrims' bread], individual persons belonging to Churches or ecclesial communities that are not in full communion with the Catholic Church," added the cardinal.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=77565 (523 words)

	INTERCOMMUNION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Intercommunion is based upon a mutual acknowledgement of valid apostolic orders and sacraments, as well as a common belief in the first seven ecumenical counsels and the Nicene Creed.
		Churches and religious orders who have concordats of intercommunion with the Celtic Christian Church make their worship services available to one another's members as needed.
		Churches or religious orders interested in intercommunion may contact Bishop Joseph A. Grenier, The Celtic Christian Church, P.O. Box 299, Canadensis, PA 18325-0299, or call 570-595-2543.
	members.aol.com /bishopjoeg/intercommunion.html (122 words)

	Eucharist: Sign and Source of Christian Unity by Thomas Richstatter, O.F.M., S.T.D. - Catholic Update ©2000
		Intercommunion will be possible when the Churches reach a doctrinal consensus regarding Eucharist.
		The liturgy, especially the Eucharist, "is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church" (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, 2).
		The progress that Churches have made in interdenominational understanding and pastorally sensitive exceptions to bans on intercommunion are signs of hope.
	www.americancatholic.org /Newsletters/CU/ac0500.asp (2450 words)

	Intercommunion of Religion with Science by Pranav Pandya
		Gautam Buddha said “Be ye lamp unto yourselves, be your own reliance, hold the truth to the truth within yourselves as to the only lamp.
		The life today is not of contentment, happiness and inner peace but of spiritual chaos and bewilderment dangerously close to the state of madness in which the contact with inner reality has been lost and thought is split from effect.
		Divinity in man and heavenly atmosphere on earth is certainty and it should come only through this Intercommunion.
	www.awgp.org /english/represent/intercommunion_science_religion.html (2005 words)

	Churches Uniting in Christ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1991 it was proposed that this was to be done on the historic model of bishop, presbyter and deacon.
		It was then proposed that intercommunion be established without a resolution of the ministry issue, which would be resolved by 2007 by means of intensive dialog between the churches.
		CUIC is not a merger, but rather an intercommunion agreement whereby each member recognizes the others as part of the true church, and recognizes its rites (baptism, communion) as valid.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Churches_Uniting_in_Christ (311 words)

	Catholic Orthodoxy and Anglo-Catholicism, by J.J. Overbeck (1866)
		Why should we intrude upon Churchmen who consider it the greatest glory of the English Church, that she is so spacious as to accommodate all shades of religious opinions; that she is not so narrow-minded as to exclude any [5/6] newcomer, or to ask him after his Christian credentials.
		That the Orthodox Church must declare them to be heretics, with whom an Intercommunion would not only be impossible, but positively sinful, since by such Intercommunion heresy and schism would creep into the Orthodox Church, and would make her Heterodox, depriving her of all farther claim to Catholicity.
		Intercommunion is but another word for Unity restored; and Unity is one of the characteristics of the Catholic Church.
	anglicanhistory.org /orthodoxy/overbeck/catholic1866.html (17038 words)

	Intercommunion & Dogmas - The Byzantine Forum
		For the record, Orthodox and Assyrians and members of the Polish National Catholic Church are permitted to receive Communion and other Sacraments in Catholic Churches (with the proviso of being cognizant of their own Church's position on such).
		All of Churches involved in various dialogues - Catholic, Orthodox, Polish National and Assyrian - acknowledge that Eucharistic communion (or intercommunion) is the final goal of unity, and not a means to unity.
		It seems that there are many Orthodox (I suspect mostly through marriage to a RC) who wind up worshiping in an RC parish and simply take communion without a second thought, even though it is against the policy of the Orthodox Churches.
	www.byzcath.org /bboard/Forum2/HTML/000173.html (735 words)

	Communion of Non
		While such motives are admirable, the result nonetheless falsifies the sacramental meaning of the Eucharist as both a sign of communion with Christ and communion with the Catholic Church.
		That all these conditions are met, especially the last two, cannot be determined by a minister of Communion, ordinary or extraordinary, in the Communion line.
		The occasions would be individual, normally determined by a pastor after consultation with the bishop, or, in accordance with norms drawn up on the basis of this canon (paragraph 5).
	www.ewtn.com /expert/answers/intercommunion.htm (767 words)

	VirtueOnline - News - PORTLAND, MAINE: Traditional Anglican Communion seeks unity with Rome
		The continuing churches felt the Anglican Communion, to which the Episcopal Church USA belongs, was straying from Scripture with practices such as the ordination of women and changes to the Book of Common Prayer.
		If the Traditional Anglican Communion achieves intercommunion with Roman Catholics, Hepworth said, he envisioned an arrangement in which the Anglican way of practicing Christianity would be recognized as special and would continue.
		Due to the timing of its National Synod, the American church was the last of the jurisdictions to endorse the efforts of the Primate, but it did so in resounding fashion with a unanimous vote of support.
	www.virtueonline.org /portal/modules/news/print.php?storyid=3035 (866 words)

	Chapter VIII
		We can not divide a principle; we must take the whole or none at all; for unless we observe the ordinances as He commanded, we do not observe them at all—they are null and void, and worse—perverted and profaned.
		The church at Corinth could not invite all the members of the church at Jerusalem to partake of the supper, without violating the positive instructions of Paul; for there were thousands of members, if not the majority of that church, who held with these false teachers, and supported them.
		Intercommunion between opposing denominations holding diverse faiths, is a profanation of the Lord’s Supper.
	www.angelfire.com /nt/baptist/Book/LandmarkismGraves/3-Chap08.html (1473 words)

	Catholic World News : Jesuit Journal Condemns Intercommunion
		Father Giuseppe de Rosa argues that "Eucharistic hospitality" cannot be justified on the basis of ecumenical progress.
		The author says that unauthorized intercommunion is an attempt to "force the issue," and concludes that the practice might actually set back efforts to establish authentic Christian unity.
		Articles published by Civilta Cattolica carry special weight in Rome, since the publication is screened in advance by the Vatican Secretariat of State.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=20119 (412 words)

	A true sense of Communion (Catholic priest in ecumenical Communion)
		Last year, Pope John Paul II warned that moving too fast toward intercommunion could produce a false sense of unity that diminishes a Catholic understanding of the Eucharist.
		The principle is so important that some said they would rather switch if their church opposes intercommunion.
		While the LCMS does permit emergency intercommunion, it is not encouraged (though sadly to many parishes are practicing "close" communion).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-religion/1300187/posts (2151 words)

	Schism = Excommunication?! - Byzantine Forum
		The recognize the pastoral reality and necessity of intercommunion, but are too butt-headed to take the implications to their logical conclusions.
		Your claim that intercommunion in the Middle East is fairly common is not true.
		I personally do not favor intercommunion for the simple reason that I recognize it to be a sign of a restored full unity that has yet to be realized, and for which we have yet to acquire sufficient charity to successfully accomplish.
	www.byzcath.org /bboard/Forum2/HTML/000532.html (5918 words)

	The oman atholic bserver
		This is an error, and is quickly evident that in the question of intercommunion between the faiths.
		The apologist goes on to say that the Catholic Church permits intercommunion with certain churches that "believe as Catholic do regarding the Eucharist and other sacraments," and that "have authentic bishops and priests and the same seven Catholic Sacraments.
		The Catholic Church has changes its dogma and doctrine on intercommunion (which it assuredly has not done).
	www.angelfire.com /ma/romewatch/page20.html (2440 words)

	News : Providence Reformed Episcopal Church, Corpus Christi Texas
		Having received ecclesial approval of the report/covenant, the Archbishop and Presiding Bishops were able to act with the support of their churches.
		It is also helpful to know that the descriptive wording, "covenant union," is used to convey a stronger relationship than simply the typical intercommunion kind of document.
		It clearly is an intercommunion (in communio sacris).
	www.providencerec.org /news/archives20051113.html (1269 words)

	Dutch Old Catholic Liturgy
		They were accepted unanimously by all the delegates, and have since been ratified by the various Old Catholic Churches, by both Convocations of the Church of England, and by the other Churches of the Anglican Communion.
		(3) Intercommunion does not require from either Communion the acceptance of all doctrinal opinion, sacramental devotion, or liturgical practice characteristic of the other, but implies that each believes the other to hold all the essentials of the Christian Faith.
		At Bonn, in 1931, terms of intercommunion were agreed upon, and have since been ratified on both sides.
	www.am-cath.org /DTCHLIT.HTM (4798 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 22, No. 1 - April 1965 - ARTICLE - The Lord's Supper In Ecumenical Dialogue
		The disagreements with regard to intercommunion focus upon two areas: the ministry, i.e., the presence of an authorized minister who presides; and the relation between intercommunion and full unity, i.e., whether joint participation is a step toward complete unity or is the goal to be
		The ministry was interpreted as the pivotal issue in the problem of intercommunion and the primary condition for a "valid" Lord's Supper.
		It is a premise of this paper that the problem of the one table and the many tables is theological as well as practical in nature, although some people choose to see it in terms of pragmatic solutions.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /apr1965/v22-1-article3.htm (6706 words)

	Essential (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This practice seems to be based on the erroneous assumption that if one is simply "nice" and doesn't "fret" about the details, everything will work out and that doctrine does not matter as long as everybody feels good and comfortable, warm and cozy.
		We the people and bishops engaged in this Concord of Intercommunion, reject union from below, and in this document strive to be clear and open in regard to our common doctrinal understanding.
		The first step in reaching and expressing doctrinal unity is, of necessity, a common understanding of the nature of the Church.
	www.continet.com /culdee/Essential.html (3612 words)

	[Anglican Communion] Alt-Katholiken in Deutschland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		We live in full intercommunion with the churches of the Anglican Communion.
		Full Communion does not require from either Communion the acceptance of all doctrinal opinion, sacramental devotion or liturgical practice characteristic of the other, but implies that each believes the other to hold all the essentials of the Christian faith.
		The third statement makes it clear that intercommunion does not reduce or obliterate the profile of the individual churches, but rather that it allows the churches together to be an image of the fullness and unity in Christ.
	www.alt-katholisch.de /oekumene/anglican.htm (464 words)

	The Living Church Foundation
		The primates of the Church of Nigeria and two churches not in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury—the Reformed Episcopal Church (REC) and the Anglican Province of America (APA)—have signed a concordat of intercommunion.
		The “Covenant Union of Anglican Churches in Concordat” recognizes the orders of each Church and is a preamble toward eventual intercommunion, said a press release distributed Nov. 16 by the Church of Nigeria press office in Abuja.
		The Most Rev. Peter J. Akinola, Primate of the Church of Nigeria; the Most Rev. Leonard W. Riches, Presiding Bishop of the REC; and the Most Rev. Walter H. Grundorf, Presiding Bishop of the APA, executed the concordat on Nov. 12 during a private meeting at the “Hope and a Future” Conference in Pittsburgh.
	www.livingchurch.org /publishertlc/viewarticle.asp?ID=1439 (209 words)

	HOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Churches and religious orders who have concordats of intercommunion with the Hispanic Catholic Church make their worship services available to one another's members as needed.
		Clergy from each Church may celebrate the sacraments together and either congragation as needed or desired.
		Churches or religious orders interested in intercommunion may contact Most Rev. Juan De Dios Correa, O.S.B 812 North Alvarado St Los Angeles CA 90026 or padrejuandd@earthlink.net or call 213-483-6952
	home.earthlink.net /~padrejuandd (480 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 34, No. 1 - April 1977 - THEOLOGICAL TABLE-TRALK - Theological Table-Talk
		IN recent years it has become fashionable for interpreters of contemporary British theology to speak of "the Cambridge radicals." This expression had its genesis in some of the activities and publications of Cambridge theologians in the early sixties.
		In the fall of 1961, a group of twenty-two Anglican theologians sent an open letter to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on "intercommunion." This letter touched on a sensitive Anglican nerve, in that to this day the Church of England does not practice intercommunion with its sister churches.
		A noted Anglo-Catholic in his earlier days at Oxford and Aberdeen, MacKinnon's signing of the intercommunion open letter in 1961 added considerable weight to that document, and, we might add, brought a great deal of criticism upon him from the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Anglican Church.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /oct1970/v27-3-tabletalk1.htm (5911 words)

	Statement Of Communion
		This Jurisdiction and all the clergy, religious, monastics, and laity thereof are innately, inherently, intrinsically, and de jure in communion with all other Baptized and Chrismated Orthodox Christians and their various Jurisdictions of Holy Church throughout the world.
		Therefore, necessarily, this Jurisdiction is in de facto Sacramental Intercommunion with every other Orthodox Christian Jurisdiction..
		Formal agreements of jurisdictional intercommunion, by their very nature, may be misinterpreted to exclude those Orthodox Jurisdictions which are not specified in said formal agreements.
	www.romanorthodox.com /communion.html (893 words)

	Minister ordination... Become an Ordained Minister in a Real Church
		As presiding archbishop of the Celtic Anabaptist Communion, I have also signed intercommunion agreements with several other denominations, jurisdictions, and fellowships; these are listed on our "Intercommunion" page.
		I have ministry experience over many years in music, writing, counselling, teaching, preaching, and chaplaincy.
		Intercommunion agreements: The Celtic Anabaptist Communion has established intercommunion agreements
	www.celtic-anabaptist-ministries.com (863 words)

	Ask the Wise Man: Sharing Communion Is Rarely Permitted - November 1999 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
		How a person answers that question heavily influences his or her stance on intercommunion.
		In 1940 Brother Roger Schutz brought Protestants and Catholics together to establish a monastic community in Taize, France.
		That monastery has contributed a great deal to the ecumenical movement, but its monks do not practice intercommunion.
	www.americancatholic.org /Messenger/Nov1999/Wiseman.asp (1287 words)

	1. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERCOMMUNION BETWEEN THE CHURCH IN WALES AND THE OLD CATHOLICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Establishment of Intercommunion between the Church in Wales and the Old Catholics
		The Establishment of Intercommunion between the Church in Wales and the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
		The Establishment of Intercommunion between the Church in Wales and the Lusitanian Church
	www.churchinwales.org.uk /reference/constitution/ciw_2_e/CANP1LST.htm (331 words)

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