NwaAmaikpe:



Holy communion is barbaric, no true Christian should partake in it.
Anyone who takes holy communion is no different from the cannibals at Ebem Ohafia and Obingwa.

Of all the things you'd want to eat, why eat the flesh and blood of our Saviour?

Grupo:
Lol. Joke of the century.

In 2015, I was invited to a church by a girl. Coincidentally, they were having hoe-ly communion that day. The pastor mentioned that if you are not baptized and confirmed in their church, you should not take the communion.

As a heathen, I was neither baptized or confirmed in the church, but I stepped forward and took the communion.

The bread was tasteless, but the red wine was good. I would have gone for a second round of the wine, but the ushers separated those that had taken from those that had not.

Lol. Fun memories.

perpeling22:


I just pity people like you that takes everything for a joke

xynerise:
So the Pentecostals have finally accepted Holy Communion after so many condemnation?

You guys will keep evolving in the Catholic way unknowingly.

Holy Communion is for Baptized Christians who are in the state of grace.

ArticleBeast:

Pentecostal churches have been receiving holy communion since i was born. By the way Christ instituted the holy communion not the Catholic church. Finally, whether catholic or pentecostal, if you are not saved you wont see God. Above all, denomination is not recognised in heaven.

Apination:

What they practice in the pentecostal church is not Holy communion, they have no priests and only a priest can offer sacrifices

xynerise:
So the Pentecostals have finally accepted Holy Communion after so many condemnation?

You guys will keep evolving in the Catholic way unknowingly.

Holy Communion is for Baptized Christians who are in the state of grace.

Apination:

What they practice in the pentecostal church is not Holy communion, they have no priests and only a priest can offer sacrifices

PrecisionFx:


Eating body and blood is a ritual and should only be done by ro
Ritualists.

chrisxxx:
I am a Christian, baptized but I found myself unworthy to take communion. I may not.be correct of my self assessment.
If one must be a near saint to take it I consider myself some distance away from sainthood.
It is not possible to be a Christian in Nigeria. The influences everyday is overwhelmingly. We can all lie to one another no problem. But telling lies to oneself is the most damaging of all.
True Christians are few in Nigeria. You can't be a G.O. with millions of Pounds and Dollars in your account in the the midst of pauperised followers and claim Christianity. Any G.O that has an account does not believe in the second coming of Christ. He does not believe that heaven is his destination and earth a temporary place. In that case he falls within those not qualified to take communion like myself.
I rest my case.

Apination:

What they practice in the pentecostal church is not Holy communion, they have no priests and only a priest can offer sacrifices

ArticleBeast:

Can you show me where in the bible this is stated? I need a verse not some conjured doctrines. I'm a catholic but I'm not blinded by some doctrines. I base my catholic faith on what is stated in the bible. It is the same way I don't buy into the idea of confession as practiced by the catholic church. My bible say I can access God directly...

patorial:


I'm kinda catholic, and I guess they didn’t tell you What christ the original investor required

ArticleBeast:

Pentecostal churches have been receiving holy communion since i was born. By the way Christ instituted the holy communion not the Catholic church. Finally, whether catholic or pentecostal, if you are not saved you wont see God. Above all, denomination is not recognised in heaven.

ArticleBeast:

Can you show me where in the bible this is stated? I need a verse not some conjured doctrines. I'm a catholic but I'm not blinded by some doctrines. I base my catholic faith on what is stated in the bible. It is the same way I don't buy into the idea of confession as practiced by the catholic church. My bible say I can access God directly...

femi4:
Show where its written that only priest can offer Communion.

NB: Communion is not sacrifice

femi4:
When and where? Pentacostal believes in holy communion. You need to move around and stop being myopic

Bifrost:


Stop deceiving yourself, that you were probably born in a catholic home doesn't make you a catholic. From your comment right here, my brother, you are not a practising Catholic. You're just a catholic follower.

Go back to your catechism and read the church's teachings on the Eucharist. That you still don't believe in the idea of confession speaks volume.
What did Jesus mean when he said to his apostles that "...for those whose sins you forgive they are forgiven"? — that is where the idea of confessing to a priest began.

ABOVEDELAW:
NO LIVING HUMAN BEING IS QUALIFIED TO TAKE HOLY COMMUNION.

flex04:


So you mean it's his true body and blood

femi4:
When and where? Pentacostal believes in holy communion. You need to move around and stop being myopic

flex04:


I an not defending any body but research befr arguing... On the last supper the Lord had to commemorate this death (a sacrifice he has been parabling in his sermons) few hour hours before his execution

Bifrost:


Stop deceiving yourself, that you were probably born in a catholic home doesn't make you a catholic. From your comment right here, my brother, you are not a practising Catholic. You're just a catholic follower.

Go back to your catechism and read the church's teachings on the Eucharist. That you still don't believe in the idea of confession speaks volume.
What did Jesus mean when he said to his apostles that "...for those whose sins you forgive they are forgiven"? — that is where the idea of confessing to a priest began.

maum:


Truth though is that in the early years of the Pentecostal faith, at least in Nigeria that I know of, Pentecostal churches didn't practice communion, nor to talk of Holy Communion. I remember how Catholics in my class were taunted as a child by Pentecostals many years ago about communion. You can ask your Pastor when it commenced in your chrcu, there's nothing wrong with knowing these facts about your church. After all aren't we all Christians, as we say?

Another is about written short prayers. I know how mụ h Pentecostals mocked Catholics for reading out short prayers, say how can it be a prayer from your heart if you're just reading literature written by someone else? Over the past 10, 15 years or so, we've now seen Pentecostal devotionals include short prayed too. At first they called them different names, like reflection or something else, now it's written 'Prayer' clearly.

Again, how Pentecostals mock Catholics for asking the Saints to pary for them. But several Pentecostal pastors believe in Saints and quite some of them in their preachings. And we all know the Bible supports asking our neighbours to pray for us, so the Catholic angle is if intercessions from us mere people still struggling for grace will help, how much more people who are believed to have reached the ultimate destination?

Why do Pentecostals celebrate Good Friday, Easter and other not-fixed days the days Catholics do? Do you know how those dates are arrived at? It's counting my friends. In a couple of weeks, we'll enter the Advent season (also marking the beginning of a new church year), count a few days from Advent, we'll enter ordinary time of the year, a stipulated number of weeks after that, we enter Lent, 40 days after that we celebrate Easter, I think 6 weeks after that is Pentecost, then a few weeks after we enter ordinary time of the year and count a marked number of days again. And the cycle continues.

Every denomination has their grey areas, I was born a Catholic but still trying to understand a few of the doctrines. But truth is that most of what Pentecostals churches criticize the Catholic church about, they are beginning to practice and coating them so that it's not so obvious they are.

This isn't bad, there is only one church. That is the goal.

na me write this epistle?