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Anyone who desires to receive Christ in Eucharistic communion must be in the state of grace. Anyone aware of having sinned mortally must not receive communion without having received absolution in the sacrament of penance.

Communion with the Body and Blood of Christ increases the communicant’s union with the Lord, forgives his venial sins, and preserves him from grave sins. Since receiving this sacrament strengthens the bonds of charity between the communicant and Christ, it also reinforces the unity of the Church as the Mystical Body of Christ.

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cccc 1415-1416

It’s so weird the catechism never uses the language of qualifying your level of communion with the Church but talks about union with God and unity of the Mystical Body as a whole

(via shortbreadsh)

Strawman.  No one has said anything about ecclesiological penalties, rather they have pointed out spiritual consequences of dissent from necessary teachings (which go beyond dogma).
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