With all the variations of both religions, and all the similarities, the only way to exclude either as a "correct" answer is semantics to me. And, yeah, Catholic liturgy actually affirms that doctrinally (whether all practicing Catholics believe it is a whooole other thing. ) Communion is a big deal for any believing Christian; even if you see the Eucharist itself as merely symbolic, the spiritual effects are supposed to be the same. That, and a comment Paul makes about not taking Communion with unrepented sins (that a person doing so eats and drinks judgment on himself and that many have become sick and some even died because of it. ) Which is why we've got churchs trying to blackmail people with Communion over their politics. Which is rather nauseating.