Eastern Oregon Wants Episcopal Church to allow Communion without Baptism
Eastern Oregon Wants Episcopal Church to allow Communion without Baptism
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
March 26, 2012
If the Diocese of Eastern Oregon has its way and a resolution it presents to the next General Convention to change the Constitution and Canons and the Prayer Book to " invite all to Holy Communion, "regardless of age, denomination or baptism", the church officially will be on record to say that anyone, including people of other religions, no religion or without recognizable Christian Faith, can take the sacraments.
Eastern Oregon, at its 2010 diocesan Convention, ratified the resolution for submission to General Convention. It would delete from the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church Canon 1.17.7, which says, "No unbaptized person shall be eligible to receive Holy Communion in this church."
The explanation attached to the resolution also says that "We know from our strivings within ecumenism and mission that the communion Christ intended for all is perilous and difficult, and that boldness in offering radical hospitality is our calling, rather than canonically driven caution."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
March 26, 2012
Eastern Oregon, at its 2010 diocesan Convention, ratified the resolution for submission to General Convention. It would delete from the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church Canon 1.17.7, which says, "No unbaptized person shall be eligible to receive Holy Communion in this church."
The explanation attached to the resolution also says that "We know from our strivings within ecumenism and mission that the communion Christ intended for all is perilous and difficult, and that boldness in offering radical hospitality is our calling, rather than canonically driven caution."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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