@Escoffier @Snidely_Whiplash @jesuspilled > Well as that is exactly my position, yes.

And to the degree that you argue the Communion service (Eucharist, Mass, whatever you want to call it) is one of those things, you're wrong.

It really is that simple. You can confess your sins directly to God. You can be married in the eyes of God without a church. Without a church you don't need confirmation or ordination. And arguably even baptism doesn't need the church since it the baptism of the Holy Spirit that matters, though that's not something I'd like to test.

But Communion cannot be replaced outside the Church. It requires a stand in for Christ to consecrate the bread and wine as he did for his disciples. And that is something that not just anyone can do. It requires a community of Christians to choose someone worthy to do so and ask God's blessing on his position, and that community is by definition a church and part of the Church.

Fortunately, God is not limited by space and time, so a virtual church will do for receiving Communion.