The Roman Catholic Church in search of intercommunion with other liturgical traditions Churches

Authors

  • Przemysław Nowakowski Kraków

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.340

Abstract

After the Second Vatican Council the Roman Catholic Church recapitulated all his teaching on the Holy Eucharist, coming back to its biblical and patristic roots. At the same time Church was looking for the best way to common Eucharistic Table with different Christian communities – eastern and western. The intercommunion exists just between Catholics and Orthodox in the very special situations. The intercelebration is not possible yet in the absence of ecclesiological and doctrinal communion. The lack of apostolic succession and the other interpretation of the sacraments causes more difficulties on the way to intercommunion with Protestants. A lot of popular initiatives are taken recently in order to make the common Eucharist closer. Protestant Churches regards the practice of intercommunion as one of the means to the complete union among Christians. The Roman Catholic Church emphasizes that intercommunion is just to be an ultimate aim of the Churches union.

Published

2007-06-30

How to Cite

Nowakowski, P. (2007). The Roman Catholic Church in search of intercommunion with other liturgical traditions Churches. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 60(2), 97–114. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.340

Issue

Vol. 60 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Articles

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