NO, because Catholics aren't "in-communion" with the Anglican Church! Catholics have been baptized into the Roman Catholic Church--the body of Christ! God bless!
I know that in the Episcopal Church (related to Anglican) you can receive communion if you have been baptized (by any method) in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
There is a book that I highly recommend for anyone interested in the Catholic Church or the Papacy. The name of the book is ?Vicars of Christ ? The Dark Side of the Papacy?. by Peter De Rosa
Most people think that the Popes were pretty nice people. Wrong!! The Popes down through history have been very evil men capable of murder at the drop of a hat. There have been married Popes, there have been 13 year old Popes, there have been perverted Popes. Some Popes were caught having sex with another man?s wife so the men killed the Popes involved. Popes have even owned whore houses to make money for the church.
For several hundred years there were 2 and then 3 Popes at the same time. Nobody knew who the real Pope was. There was even a time when the church didn't even have a Pope. And then there is the Pope who everyone still thinks was a woman. She had a baby on the way back to the Vatican.
This book by Peter De Rosa is so interesting and you?ll be glad you read it. Call your local library and ask them for it. If they don?t have it then ask them to order it from one of their branches. If they can?t do that then go to YAHOO and type in ?Vicars of Christ? and find someone who will sell it to you. I know Amazon has it. But remember, it?s called ?Vicars of Christ -The Darkside of the Papacy?. There are several other Vicars of Christ out there but this is the one you want. Goooood book!!!
I believe you can have communion in an Anglican Church - they wouldn't stop you. However I know the Catholic church won't give communion to non Catholics...how stupid is that!! We all share the same Jesus, the same Bible the same God... or do the Catholics think God is only for them!!! Lil
Shell...his answer is biased .. A catholic can walk into any Christian church and take communion, because no-one will announce "this bread and blood is reserved for protestants, Methodists, baptists" or whatever, from the pulpit.... that only happens in a catholic church. The only people to tell a Catholic they cant take communion in any other church is another Catholic. It's still doesn't mean it's correct... the correct answer is YES you can as a Catholic go and take communion in an Anglican Church - no one at the Anglican Church is going to ask you what "religion" you are and then refuse you the "bread and blood" based on your religious background. We all have the same GOD... he is not reserved for Catholics.
I just want to let you know that PaulCyp's is the correct answer to your question.
EDIT: okay, to be clearer, Anglican churches may allow you to receive communion, however if you are a Catholic and choose to receive at an Anglican church then you go against what the Church teaches. The only other church you can receive is the orthodox, and that is only under certain circumstances.
Those that have answered with a flat out "no" are wrong.
The Anglican Communion is actually quite large, and the most correct answer is probably "depends on the parish." Ultimately, it is up to the bishop, and to a lesser, but more personal respect, to the priest.
All of the Anglican Churches I have been to in the last 20 years will allow Catholics to receive communion, and all but one will allow ANY baptized Christian to receive communion. This includes the TAC, the ACA, and the ACC churches. However, I cannot answer anymore for the ECUSA or the TEC, since I haven't really been associated with either of them since the very early '80s. **(The one priest who wouldn't insisted upon confirmation before communion was served due to the fact that several of the children in the congregation had been baptized as infants. I still think he would have allowed a baptized adult to receive though.)**
If you are planning to attend an Anglican service, your best bet would probably be to confer with the priest before the service.
May God be with you.
Edit: After reading some of the other answers, I wonder if the Catholics themselves would consider it a problem. I know that the Anglicans, in general, don't.
Just to set the record straight, this is the Anglican Policy, at least in the jurisdiction of Anglican churches I belong to (the A.P.A.): Anyone who is a Baptized Christian, Confirmed by a Bishop in Apostolic succession and believes in the Real Presence of Christ in the Sacrament can receive Communion.
By this, someone who is a member of the Roman Catholic and an Eastern Orthodox church can receive communion because the teachings of these churches are in agreement with the three conditions stipulated.
The only thing that would prevent a member of the Roman Catholic or Orthodox churches from receiving Communion is their conviction, because of the teachings of their respective churches, that Communion in the Anglican Church is not a valid Sacrament.
And I believe most, if not all, Continuing Anglican Jurisdictions have the same policy.
Can Catholics receive Communion in an Anglican Church?
