Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hammer@sp29.csrd.uiuc.edu (David Hammerslag) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: open communion Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 05:44:58 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article christm@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Mark C. Christianson) writes: > Most, but not all, Lutheran churches and the Catholic church >discourages members of other denominations from receiving Communion in >their church. I cannot let this slide by. How are you defining "most Lutheran?" My understanding of the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) is that: 1) It practices "open" communion. 2) It constitutes a majority of Lutherans. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hammerslag | "Woe to those who are wise in their own hammer@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu | eyes and clever in their own sight." Isaiah 5:21 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------