"The chalice of benediction which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord? For we, being many, are one bread, one body: all that partake of one bread." (1 Cor 10:16-17)
No, there is no such doctrine in the Catholic Church. Why do you ask?
As for the confusion, perhaps it's just the sentence construction. It said:
"It was plainly evident that this man was or had been at one point in his life a Catholic."
The writer is suggesting that the man's reflexive answers mean that he was (at the time of that bus incident) Catholic or was formerly (but no longer) a Catholic. In short, that the habitual answers come from a strong Catholic influence.
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Hmmm, Jeff,
Is it an RC doctrine that only drunks are non RCs?
It is funny but I do not see how one can conclude that the drunk is no longer a RC.
Hi Lito,
No, there is no such doctrine in the Catholic Church. Why do you ask?
As for the confusion, perhaps it's just the sentence construction. It said:
"It was plainly evident that this man was or had been at one point in his life a Catholic."
The writer is suggesting that the man's reflexive answers mean that he was (at the time of that bus incident) Catholic or was formerly (but no longer) a Catholic. In short, that the habitual answers come from a strong Catholic influence.
hehehe....
Why can it not be that the drunk is still Roman Catholic, that is the point.
Drinking though is not confined to RCs I agree.
The story is told in the past tense -- it would be grammatically incorrect to say "He is a Catholic".
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