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No, because I would only get the symbol that represents His body. The Lord's supper also had a symbol to remember Christ's shed blood and in Roman catholicism only the priest gets to partake of that emblem.
Whereas the Bible says Christ told the apostles to partake of both and there was no special partaking of one emblem by any one person. Therefore the catholic pattern for communion is not according to the word of the Bible. Therefore not according to God. It has been somewhat adulterated by uninspired men over the centuries.
Ollie
Wow, this just isn't true.
I know you wrote this over a year ago, and I haven't honestly read the entire thread, but I can't walk away from such an outrageous misconception.
First, neither one is a "symbol." It's the real mystical body and blood of Christ. The Eucharist is not something that represents Jesus. It IS Jesus. This concept can be hard for us to wrap our minds around, but it's the reality of it.
Second, Communicants take part in both the body and blood. Some churches don't have enough eucharistic ministers to distribute it at all masses, and so there are masses where it's not available, but it's just plain wrong to say the priest is the only one who gets the wine. I get it at mass every day of the week. It always saddens me when this kind of misunderstanding is spoken as if it were absolute truth. I hope this isn't something your pastor has taught you, Ollie, because whoever told you this is misinformed.
When the wine is not given out at communion, the reason is logistical, not doctrinal.