tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post1253181620434711615..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: Eucharistic Spirituality and Table HospitalityMark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-58414565040623326772011-05-28T10:32:18.393-04:002011-05-28T10:32:18.393-04:00I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand...I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I have some sympathy with the traditional requirement for Baptism; on the other, I know of plenty of unbaptized people who went up and took Communion.<br /><br />No lightning bolts struck and no one became ill and died, but two of them eventually converted and were baptized. They both said that the experience of the Eucharist was a major factor in their decision to join.<br /><br />The older I get, the more unwilling I am to post security and screeners at the altar rail. I don't think God needs the protection, but I think He wants the company.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-62531770758073090822011-05-27T14:37:05.913-04:002011-05-27T14:37:05.913-04:00As I have said elsewhere, while I generally suppor...As I have said elsewhere, while I generally support the position that baptism should precede Eucharistic fellowship, I think that one has to allow the priest some pastoral leeway. Hard and fast rules don’t always help a seeker along in his or her path to spiritual enlightenment. Certainly if an unbaptized person presents him/herself at the altar rail for Holy Communion again and again, the Rector should have a “heart-to-heart” talk, invite the individual to seriously consider baptism, confirmation, etc., and explain what becoming a member of the Church means.<br /><br />Kurt Hill<br />Brooklyn, NYKurtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-47107809893750350542011-05-26T23:30:35.048-04:002011-05-26T23:30:35.048-04:00Derek Olsen had a three part discussion of this at...Derek Olsen had a three part discussion of this at the Daily Episcopalian site earlier this year:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.episcopalcafe.com/daily/sacraments/communion_without_baptism_i.php" rel="nofollow">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://www.episcopalcafe.com/daily/sacraments/communion_without_baptism_ii.php" rel="nofollow">Part 2</a>, <a href="http://www.episcopalcafe.com/daily/sacraments/communion_without_baptism_iii.php" rel="nofollow">Part 3</a><br /><br />In Part 1 he concludes "Baptism is our sacrament of inclusion, the one that joins us to the Body; Eucharist is our sacrament of intimacy which nourishes and deepens the relationship."DavidBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032301167921948246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-68324432644633389512011-05-26T20:13:59.383-04:002011-05-26T20:13:59.383-04:00I think it was Marcus Borg who suggested that if w...I think it was Marcus Borg who suggested that if we followed the example of Jesus' table fellowship, we would invite everyone to the feast. But, he added, our discipline about baptism might be a bit stricter.Daniel Weirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430381764138066595noreply@blogger.com