Even as a pediatrician (paediatrician?) it took me a while to figure out
what on earth paedocommunion is!

It reminds me of a day in the Army at Fort Lee, VA, in 1969, when a young
soldier sat patiently in our pediatric waiting room.  A nurse finally
questioned him about his purpose there.  He said, "This is where the foot
doctor is, isn't it."  This guy knew enough to confuse the prefixes ped and
pod--both of which can mean foot.

So does paedocommunion mean receiving communion on the foot?  (Just joking
Gordon+)

John+



----- Original Message -----
From: "William H. Perkins, Jr.+" <wperkin2@...>
To: <faithandlife@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: [FaithandLife] interesting link


Hi Guy's+:

Came across this interesting link.

http://www.paedocommunion.com/churches/

To the REC's out there, I would like to ask if this is a mistaken reference
to the REC or do you believe in paedocommunion?  To the APA guys what is
your view on paedocommunion?

To get the discussion going, I will say I do not believe it is right due to
St. Paul's comments 1Cor:11:29: For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily,
eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.  a
person has to be old enough to "discern" and I agree with the traditional
view of having them wait for confirmation. I understand RC first communion,
Greek orthodox practice and of course ECUSA.

Interested in your comments,

Bill+