Ralph had an earlier, unsuccessful marriage, and when he remarried he was automatically excluded from the church's sacramental life.
In the middle are sacramental faiths like Roman Catholicism, where the supernatural has a regular place on the altar (after all, the Eucharist is said to be the literal body and .
At the very least, don't get on board looking for that sense of secular consecration and almost sacramental mystery that you could experience sometimes around The Gates at twilight.
Venezuela Catholic Church rationing bread, wine for communion CARACAS, VENEZUELA - The holy ritual of communion is in jeopardy at the Catholic Church in Venezuela thanks to a shortage of sacramental wine and wheat, used to make communion wafers. Catholics aren’t the only ones affected; the entire country …
June 11, 2013 - CW39 NewsFix
Rowan Williams in Christian Post Some actions - and sacramental actions in particular - just do have the effect of putting a church outside or even across the central stream of the life they have shared with other churches,Archbishop Rowan Williams wrote to the Anglican...
Cardinal Joseph Zen in Catholic Online Regarding the pope's decision, Cardinal Zen stated in his open letter: "Obedience is (a) fundamental duty grounded in our sacramental ordination. I look up to the example of St. Joseph and submit myself to the will of God."