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By welcoming them in with their own special provision, Benedict has confirmed the increasingly conservative bent of his church.
One line in the AP version caught my eye.
By welcoming them in with their own special provision, Benedict has confirmed the increasingly conservative bent of his church.
It's not Christ's church, it's the pope's church.
This story made me very mad and sad. It seems hypocritical to allow some priests to marry and some to not. It is sad that more will be added to the fold of the Roman Catholic church and be taught that they are justified by faith and works.
This story made me very mad and sad. It seems hypocritical to allow some priests to marry and some to not. It is sad that more will be added to the fold of the Roman Catholic church and be taught that they are justified by faith and works.
I guess to me it's all relative. How can one remain in a church that teaches that there is no sin, that simply being baptized assures salvation, that the Bible is not authoritative, that all religions are equally valid, that the Church should conform itself to secular culture, and that the Gospel has been supplanted by the United Nations millennium Development Goals?
I think this is all about the celibacy debate. Benedict wants to accelerate the debate in order to finally get rid of the celibacy requirement and get some young priests into the church again. Benedict is a conservative but I think he sees that celibacy is driving potential priests away and the conservative wing is willing to give it up.
well, they already were pretty marginalised, but of course you are right - just as Scotland has forgotten the Covenanters, the CofE doesn't remember its martyrs, or what they died for.I wonder if the current Archbishop or Canterbury even understands Ridley and Cramner. Sadly those who are going over to Rome clearly have not come to grips with the Gospel or they would not go that direction. It appears that those holding to historic Anglican faith in and practice in Great Britain and North America will be largely marginalized in the mainstream Anglican Communion.
well, except that the only ones who will consider going are catholics already, in all but the "roman" part. I never understood quite how the Forward in Faith bunch (and anglo-catholics in general) managed to tell themselves there was a serious point to being catholic but not roman. I agree, it's a hard road for evangelicals in the church, but if they go anywhere it won 't be to rome!As I myself am in a state church that is largely liberal I can understand why traditional anglicans would have the desire to go to rome. The portrayed image of rome is one of stability and protection from liberalism creeping in and anglicans at the end of the day will be suffering in their denomination, like I and many other evangelicals suffer in the CofS. This will be extremely tempting for them.
How can the Roman CATHOLIC church maintain that the Mass is essential and then allow the Anglican rites to exist "alongside the Catholic Mass as an equally valid expression of Christian worship"????????????
Oh, you mean that preservation of political power and the perks of office might keep religious leaders of no particular biblical/theological scruples from uniting the way they have been harping on all of us to do for decades? Hmmmm.
well, except that the only ones who will consider going are catholics already, in all but the "roman" part. I never understood quite how the Forward in Faith bunch (and anglo-catholics in general) managed to tell themselves there was a serious point to being catholic but not roman.
Church of Rome reaches out to disaffected Anglicans
Many of the Forward in Faith crowd and many other Anglo Catholics can not swim the Tiber because they are not in tune with Vatican 1 on the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and Papal Infallibility. Some could go over to the Orthodox Church much more easily then they could the Roman Church....well, except that the only ones who will consider going are catholics already, in all but the "roman" part. I never understood quite how the Forward in Faith bunch (and anglo-catholics in general) managed to tell themselves there was a serious point to being catholic but not roman. I agree, it's a hard road for evangelicals in the church, but if they go anywhere it won 't be to rome!