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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
They have somewhere to go...an ELCA Lutheran Church. They could come every Sunday and we'd (the congregations I've been involved with) never ask them to convert, be rebaptized, reconfirmed, or anything else. They could call themsevles Catholics Affiliated With Lutherans, or something like that. I know quite a few Catholics who spend Sundays with ELCAs Lutherans because they want a home and a relationship with God, but don't feel as if they fit in anywhere else without religious pressure to convert.
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito
The Episcopal Church is much the same. There is even a term for Episcopalians who still follow most of the beliefs of the RC church.
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But RC's believe that communion is only valid at a RC Church (or an Orthodox church but that's not reciprocal). There are certainly strong similarities but if you truly believe the dogma then there is no substitution.