Dana7360
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If You Believe in Abortion You Are Not Catholic And Cannot Take Communion
Why not? Not that I have a pig in this race but what specifically is the reasoning?
If a person privately supports abortion they shouldn't receive communion, but they wouldn't be denied because the sin would be between the person and God. One is supposed to be in a sinless state to receive the Eucharist, which for the majority would mean weekly confession.
The Church teaches abortion is a grave sin, one that can result in a person losing their salvation.
Right, so what teachings are specific to abortion?
It's in the book of numbers. 5:11 through 31.
In the book of numbers it gives instructions on how to perform an abortion.
However, the bible says nothing about prohibiting abortion.
The actual text does not mention a pregnancy at all. It simply states the woman's belly would swell and she would become sick.
Actually no. Numbers 5:21 to 22
21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[b] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”