Did Buzz Aldrin Take Communion On The Moon?
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Very interesting. Is that church still in existence? Is it orthodox in beliefs?
Jake
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Oh look...
Highlights include:
Shame.
Highlights include:
- The first woman elder in the Synod of the Sun was ordained on April 12, 1931.
Shame.
Jake
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Grotesque.
Edward
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Of course not. It's PCUSA. They show about 450 members, 275 or so of whom are female. Overwhelmingly white, less than 25 PoC. A little under $1500 per member giving per year.
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I don’t know what to make of these stats.
arapahoepark
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In other words, for a 'liberal' church they aren't very diverse or 'liberal' in their giving.
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Ah.
Edward
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Is there a vomit emoticon?
Steve Curtis
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Yup. 
alexandermsmith
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I think this is what they call begging the question.
To reply to the title question: No, for several reasons, all laid out in the WCF.
1. In the first place, Mr. Aldrin was not an ordained minister of word and sacrament, and was not authorized to conduct a Lord's Supper observance.
2. In the second place, while the occasion may not perfectly fit an historic definition of a "private mass," that description is probably the closest to accurate--and certainly more accurate than describing his activity as "holy communion." He partook of whatever it was outside of the gathering together of the saints presided over by a minister of Christ's, and alone (the silent, non-interfering presence of Mr. Armstrong notwithstanding). Inviting an indiscriminate radio audience to play along does nothing to credit it.
3. In the third place, if we suppose that the elements came from a previous worship service in which they were used in communion--even assuming all that was perfectly in order--and that Mr. Aldrin then supposed he would merely delay his ingestion of these "consecrated things" until a later time; this falsely reasons (pretends) it was possible to reserve the consecrated elements for a religious use. Sacramental union (between sign and signification) cannot be separated from the sacrament event. Remove the things once consecrated from the worship service context and all necessary parts thereof, and they are again ordinary things.
From all angles, this alleged celebration of holy communion fails the test.
WCF 29.3 The Lord Jesus has, in this ordinance, appointed his ministers to declare his word of institution to the people, to pray, and bless the elements of bread and wine, and thereby to set them apart from a common to an holy use; and to take and break the bread, to take the cup, and (they communicating also themselves) to give both to the communicants; but to none who are not then present in the congregation.
4. Private masses, or receiving this sacrament by a priest, or any other alone; as likewise, the denial of the cup to the people, worshipping the elements, the lifting them up, or carrying them about, for adoration, and the reserving them for any pretended religious use; are all contrary to the nature of this sacrament, and to the institution of Christ.
4. Private masses, or receiving this sacrament by a priest, or any other alone; as likewise, the denial of the cup to the people, worshipping the elements, the lifting them up, or carrying them about, for adoration, and the reserving them for any pretended religious use; are all contrary to the nature of this sacrament, and to the institution of Christ.
1. In the first place, Mr. Aldrin was not an ordained minister of word and sacrament, and was not authorized to conduct a Lord's Supper observance.
2. In the second place, while the occasion may not perfectly fit an historic definition of a "private mass," that description is probably the closest to accurate--and certainly more accurate than describing his activity as "holy communion." He partook of whatever it was outside of the gathering together of the saints presided over by a minister of Christ's, and alone (the silent, non-interfering presence of Mr. Armstrong notwithstanding). Inviting an indiscriminate radio audience to play along does nothing to credit it.
3. In the third place, if we suppose that the elements came from a previous worship service in which they were used in communion--even assuming all that was perfectly in order--and that Mr. Aldrin then supposed he would merely delay his ingestion of these "consecrated things" until a later time; this falsely reasons (pretends) it was possible to reserve the consecrated elements for a religious use. Sacramental union (between sign and signification) cannot be separated from the sacrament event. Remove the things once consecrated from the worship service context and all necessary parts thereof, and they are again ordinary things.
From all angles, this alleged celebration of holy communion fails the test.
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