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My professor wants us to write a 12 page essay on the topic and any help with symbols would be greatly appreciated. I need this for a ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH as I am at a Roman Catholic University.
What rituals are special to this celebration of first communion?
I can give you a little help, but if this is for a twelve page paper, you're really going to want to do a lot of additional research. Are there a lot of symbols unique to FIRST communion? Some of the symbols for communion in the Roman Catholic Church:
White clothes: purity, innocence
Blessing with holy water: Baptism, rebirth
Priest's stole: patience
Priest's chasuble: charity
Images of bread/wheat and wine/grapes: the Eucharist
Washing of hands: interior purification
Breaking of the bread: unity (one bread is shared among many)
Mixing water with the wine: How blood and water flowed from Christ's side
The church (Cathedral of our Lady of Amiens) was rebuilt after a fire in 1218AD by Roman Catholic Bishop Evrard de Fouilloy. (Robert called of ...
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First of all Youtube would hardly be construed as a medium that can be trusted to give honest factual evidence,just about anyone with an axe to grind can upload their own biased slant on religion.
The video that you point to in your link is one such example of misinformation,this type of half truth opinionated drival has been doing the rounds before the internet became public, only then it was books and pamplets,much like Chick publications.
This stuff is not only unChristian but goes against scripture were we are commanded to love and respect each others dignity.
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I read this article in the Chicago Tribune, about a court case regarding the Baha'i Faith (which I regard highly), and wanted to share it with you:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local /chi-bahai-18-may18,0,6239589.story
In other words, for instance, should the Roman Catholic Church be able to sue if a religious group called the "Pastacatholic Chuch" sprung up using Roman Catholic symbols and a different interpretation of Catholic doctrine?
No. You can't trademark just any symbol or word. Trademarking the cross would be like trademarking a circle. Who invented it? No one. it's been around for forever. A very long time ago Christians adopted it. That doesn't give them intellectual ownership of it.
The Baha'i are referring to a specific image that was not in common circulation before the creation of the Baha'i faith. The image can be seen here: http://altreligion.about.com/od/symbols/ ig/Baha-i-Faith-Symbol-Gallery/The-Great est-Name.htm
I disagree with the idea, but its a problematic grey area. The Church of Scientology, for example, trademarks and copyrights everything it produces, and why not? Why should an author not be protected just because he or she is writing about religion? We know who the authors are, we know when they were produced, and and they are recent documents (any document created before a certain date is considered public domain according to US copyright laws, and most Baha'i documents fall within that date range)
Only in the Roman Catholic faith we truly believe Jesus in present in the Eucharist, and that all other Christian religions, the communion and wine are just symbols of Jesus. is that correct?
As Catholics, we fully participate in the celebration of the Eucharist when we receive Holy Communion. We are encouraged to receive Communion devoutly and frequently. In order to be properly disposed to receive Communion, participants should not be conscious of grave sin and normally should have fasted for one hour. A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to receive the Body and Blood of the Lord without prior sacramental confession except for a grave reason where there is no opportunity for confession. In this case, the person is to be mindful of the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, including the intention of confessing as soon as possible (canon 916). A frequent reception of the Sacrament of Penance is encouraged for all.
For Our Fellow Christians
We welcome our fellow Christians to this celebration of the Eucharist as our brothers and sisters. We pray that our common baptism and the action of the Holy Spirit in this Eucharist will draw us closer to one another and begin to dispel the sad divisions which separate us. We pray that these will lessen and finally disappear, in keeping with Christ’s prayer for us “that they may all be one” (Jn 17:21).
Because Catholics believe that the celebration of the Eucharist is a sign of the reality of the oneness of faith, life, and worship, members of those churches with whom we are not yet fully united are ordinarily not admitted to Holy Communion. Eucharistic sharing in exceptional circumstances by other Christians requires permission according to the directives of the diocesan bishop and the provisions of canon law (canon 844 § 4). Members of the Orthodox Churches, the Assyrian Church of the East, and the Polish National Catholic Church are urged to respect the discipline of their own Churches. According to Roman Catholic discipline, the Code of Canon Law does not object to the reception of communion by Christians of these Churches (canon 844 § 3).
For Those Not Receiving Holy Communion
All who are not receiving Holy Communion are encouraged to express in their hearts a prayerful desire for unity with the Lord Jesus and with one another.
For Non-Christians
We also welcome to this celebration those who do not share our faith in Jesus Christ. While we cannot admit them to Holy Communion, we ask them to offer their prayers for the peace and the unity of the human family. __________________________________ Committee on the Liturgy National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference 3211 4th Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20017-1194 (202) 541-3060 April 13, 2000 Copyright © by United States Catholic Conference
I am Roman Catholic,
I learned in religion, that catholics are truley unique because we have apostolic succesion, and can trace ourselves back to jesus, in all other faiths that it a symbol, and jesis is not present
the specific question is, is the roman catholic church, the only church that believes jesus is truly present in the bread and wine?
To answer your specific question: no, the Roman Catholic Church is not the only Church that believes that Jesus is truly present in the bread and wine. As pointed out by other posters, as a matter of doctrine, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, as well as Anglicans/Episcopalians and some Lutherans also believe in the real presence of our Lord.
As a matter of piety, the following incident demonstrates how difficult it is to answer your question.
I was once a guest at a "candlelight communion service" in a non-denominational and very fundamental evangelical Christian Church. Except for the prayer to the Holy Spirit to make the gifts the body and blood of the Lord, the rest of the communion service was closer to the Orthodox Liturgy (and I should say the Catholic Mass) than to a Baptist rite of communion. The important thing was that the minister and the congregation took the words of Christ seriously ("Take and eat, this is my body" and "This is my blood of the Covenant") and to them Christ was indeed present. They did not worry about how this thing could be, they just believed in the mystery.
Regarding Catholics being unique, they certainly are, but not because of the reasons that you cite. They do not uniquely possess apostolic succession. They do not uniquely trace themselves back to Jesus. Finally, The Roman Catholic Church of today is a far cry from the Holy Apostolic and Catholic Church of the Nicene-Constantinople Creed. I'll explain: While the RCC shares its historical roots with the Orthodox Church, it has departed in significant ways from the theology and ecclesiology of the undivided Christian Church. The Orthodox Church by and large has not.
My opinion is: the Roman Catholic Church follows the ancient Roman Catholic belief that Julius Caesar was god and Octavian was the Christ. When they died the myths took over and they just let sleeping dogs lay.
CA (Caesar Augustus) T=mark of the beast. HOLIC=pretaining to the holy Caesar Augustus.
If you do not know how to read their symbols (Roman or Greek) you will never figure out what they were up too. You will just have to trust me.
Your absolutely nuts.
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The Catholic Church has lost its moral authority over the millions of Catholics around the world. They have covered up the actions of criminals for decades. Money and reputation were more important than truth and the law. Any priest, bishop, cardinal, or pope that ever knowingly placed a known pedophile in the midst of young children needs to leave the church immediately. Every priest that ever committed these horiffic acts needs to be immediately kicked out of the church and prosecuted if possible. Anything less is a crime and a slap in the face to all Catholics. Let the purge commence.
The Church’s Judas Moment I’m a Catholic woman who makes a living being adversarial. We have a pope who has instructed Catholic women not to be adversarial.It’s a conundrum.
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I’m a Catholic woman who makes a living being adversarial. We have a pope who has instructed Catholic women not to be adversarial.
It’s a conundrum.
I’ve been wondering, given the vitriolic reaction of the New York archbishop to my column defending nuns and the dismissive reaction of the Vatican to my column denouncing the church’s response to the pedophilia scandal, if they are able to take a woman’s voice seriously. Some, like Bill Donohue of the Catholic League, seem to think women are trying to undermine the church because of abortion and women’s ordination.
I thought they might respond better to a male Dowd.
My brother Kevin is conservative and devout — his hobby is collecting crèches — and has raised three good Catholic sons. When I asked him to share his thoughts on the scandal, I learned, shockingly, that we agreed on some things. He wrote the following:
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