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¶ 1400

Ecclesial communities derived from the Reformation and separated from the Catholic Church, "have not preServed the proper Reality of the Eucharistic Mystery in its Fullness, Especially because of the absence of the Sacrament of Holy Orders." 236 It is for this Reason that Eucharistic interCommunion with these communities is not Possible for the Catholic Church. However these ecclesial communities, "when they commemorate the Lord's death and Resurrection in the Holy Supper . . . profess that it Signifies life in commUnion with Christ and await his Coming in Glory." 237

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