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Church Says AIDS Fear Should Not Affect Ritual

The New York Times - February 14, 1986


WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 - The Standing Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Church said today that fear of AIDS should not cause the denomination's churches to stop using the common cup in holy communion.

The statement was prompted by reports that some churches have stopped using the common cup or have begun dipping the communion wafer in wine as an alternate form of celebrating holy communion.

"This practice undermines a principal symbol of Christian and Anglican worship," the statement said, referring to the common cup, and "acts out of a lack of scientific data" on the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.


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