The Church of England has ruled against the use of gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine in Holy Communion services, upholding traditional requirements for the consecrated elements. Despite a priest's call to amend canon laws to include these alternatives, the Church's Liturgical Commission affirmed the established use of wheat bread and fermented grape wine.
The Church of England has ruled that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used in Holy Communion services after priests demanded an end to the 'injustice'.
Synod member Revd Canon Alice Kemp asked if canon laws can be amended 'to enable the legal use of gluten free and alcohol free elements at the Eucharist to remove the injustice of this exclusion'. Gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine may not be used for Holy Communion services, the Church of England has ruled
He added that even Christians who cannot physically receive the sacrament of Holy Communion are 'to be assured that they are partakers by faith of the body and blood of Christ'. The Church has previously allowed certain types of communion wafer made using specially processed wheat that significantly reduces the amount of gluten, however other gluten-free alternatives made from non-wheat flour are not permitted.
HOLY COMMUNION CHURCH OF ENGLAND GLUTEN-FREE BREAD NON-ALCOHOLIC WINE CANON LAWS
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