Open Communion

Evidently, some people have expressed disagreement with the fact that the Orthodox Church does not practice open Communion. In other words, you have to be an Orthodox Christian (who has properly prepared) in order to receive Communion in and Orthodox Church.

From Touchstone Magazine:

I do not believe that open Communion has created the Christian unity it was supposed to. Some commentators have used the analogy of having premarital sex for sharing Communion before we are united in one church. I've altered that idea to suggest that it's more like a couple who have become estranged, separated, and divorced, some years later now reconciled and desiring to become married to each other again. Should they have relations before they are officially remarried?



Read the rest here.