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In this episode of the Didymus Podcast, the Rev. Schlies discuss the cliche that \"Closed communion is unloving.\" What does the Bible say about who should commune at what altar and who shouldn’t? How can withholding the sacrament be done in love for the good of others?

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"Closed communion is unloving."