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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
are non-members prohibited from partaking? I'm sure there is something written that the sacrament is supposed to be for members only. The truth is that the sacrament is only for those who have been baptized, you would think.
You can't renew covenants you haven't made. But we don't really take this seriously, in the sense that we must consider it more of a general rite of belief.
I wonder if the sacrament would mean more to kids if their parents didn't let them take it until they were baptized.
My point is that it's not like the deacons are going to specifically avoid passing the sacrament to the person who is excommunicated.
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Neither is the bishop going to come flying off the stand if the person he asked to abstain still partakes. Abstinence from taking the sacrament at the behest of a priesthood leader is an act of obedience and contrition. Someone who is unwilling to take even that small step really has not adopted a repentant attitude.