How do you take communion if you're allergic to, say, grapes? Can you bend the traditional elements of wine/grape juice and just have water? Is it the thought that counts?
The Seth said that if you're allergic to grapes, it's a sign that you're not elect, so we shouldn't worry about it. Feel free to let me know your opinion. It could be helpful if I suddenly become allergic to grapes or meet a bubble person.
Update: Here's something from a link The Seth found:
I think my only issue with that would be that you're not actually drinking anything. I would think it would be better to participate with water than to pretend to participate. But that's only opinion, and since the act described above is accepted, I guess I lose.
The Seth said that if you're allergic to grapes, it's a sign that you're not elect, so we shouldn't worry about it. Feel free to let me know your opinion. It could be helpful if I suddenly become allergic to grapes or meet a bubble person.
Update: Here's something from a link The Seth found:
The Presbytery might administer wine in a common cup to all who come to the Lord’s Table. But in so doing, the Presbytery might make the following accommodation to those who fear taking either the wine or grape product (due to an allergy or previous addiction), or to those who fear being exposed to some contagious disease: those with such cases of conscience might lift the common cup as closely as they can to their lips without actually drinking from it.
Response: Although they have not actually drunk from the cup, the Presbytery would argue that they have yet preserved the instituted element of wine and the sacred symbol of the common cup at the Lord’s Table apart from imposing their accommodation upon any other communicant. However, can it be said that they have partaken of the Lord’s Supper? Yes, we believe they have partaken in faith, even if they have not actually tasted of the wine in the common cup. If there is no contempt for the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, and if they do earnestly desire to partake out of the common cup with the Church (but cannot do so due to various cases of conscience as enumerated above), we would argue that their faith and intention are regarded as the act itself. Such an accommodation has been practiced by faithful Reformed Churches of the past as we shall demonstrate.
I think my only issue with that would be that you're not actually drinking anything. I would think it would be better to participate with water than to pretend to participate. But that's only opinion, and since the act described above is accepted, I guess I lose.
