Sarx

Fr Peter explores Open Communion on his blog in this post:

I guess I am advocating open communion. I don’t mean that anyone should come up they should at a minimum be baptized in some Christian denomination. After all when I come out of the Holy Place with the chalice in my hands I say approach in the fear of God with faith and with love.

I note he draws the line between “open communion” (for all Christians) and “radically open communion” which removes all bars from approaching the table. In my comments I asked questions that would seek to explore the differences… My point is that you can’t really tell at all one way or the other. I know many people who have taken communion from the Orthodox – some with the knowledge of the clergy, some with the willed un-knowledge of the clergy and some just going forward.

Closed communion makes us (whoever “us” is) feel good. But that’s all.