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St. Matthew's Cathedral is located at 1735 Rhode Island Ave., NW. It is open to the public for services. For more information call 202/347-3215. Metro stop: Farragut North
Posted on 09/06/2005 3:15:11 PM PDT by Coleus
Edited on 09/06/2005 3:27:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Wednesday's funeral for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, a Protestant, will be in Washington's Roman Catholic cathedral -- an unusual but not forbidden occurrence under church rules.
The Catholic directory on interfaith matters says churches are "generally reserved for Catholic worship" but local bishops may permit worship by other Christians who lack a place "for celebrating worthily their religious ceremonies."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
I thought he was Catholic. But I saw on another thread that he was Lutheran.
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St. Matthew's Cathedral is located at 1735 Rhode Island Ave., NW. It is open to the public for services. For more information call 202/347-3215. Metro stop: Farragut North
unfortunately, it is the second (and very much so).
Pity, too, as it is an amazing piece of architecture. And the grounds are incredible.
What difference if he were? The fate of his soul was sealed when he took his last breath. The fate of his body is immaterial to that of his soul. I think the concern is over the possibility that some might mistake Catholicism for Lutheranism or Christianity. There is a historical problem of people mistaking the philosophies of men for the dictates of God. People don't have to attend if it's a problem.
Pity he couldn't have had a funeral at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (http://www.nationalshrine.com) and been buried in proximity to the Canon Law school at CU (http://www.cua.com). In doing so, he could have made the libs crazy...even in death.
(Why not St. Matthew's? Because that's McCarrick's see...and the Shrine dwarfs St. Matthew's)
Yep, An Israelite King did a similar thing with the Jerusalem Temple once.. Then God acted and scattered Israel from there land and rearranged the furniture a bit.. lol. Having access to the truth doesn't mean people will necessarily learn from it.
That's part of the spirit of Vatican II's Ecumenism stuff. It fits neatly in with the 100 anathemas of Trent which are confirmed by Vat II. Kinda schizophrenic on it's face; but, there's a method to it..
thanks, I never heard of it.
Ummm...the National Cathedral is bigger. Farther away from the Supreme Court distance wise, but bigger.
The very, very liberal one. I sang at a service there last spring and was appalled.
The religion of the National Cathedral is abortion. They wouldn't want Rehnquist there. I just hope that the "Catholic" pro-aborts on the Supreme Court and in Congress will soon no longer get funerals in Catholic churches.
U.S. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Prominent Lutheran, Dies 05-166-FI
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States and member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), died Sept. 3 of thyroid cancer at his home in Arlington, Va. He was 80.
Rehnquist's body will lie in repose Sept. 6-7 in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court of the United States. A funeral will be conducted Sept. 7 at St. Matthew's Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
Burial at Arlington National Cemetery will be private.
Rehnquist was a member of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, McLean, Va.
"Chief Justice Rehnquist never took his faith for granted. It was strong, central and, like him, without pretense. He was a genuine Lutheran Christian," said his pastor, the Rev. George W. Evans Jr.
"He managed to keep his Sundays free for activities like the church. He was a student in Redeemer's Evening Forum series on Lutheran faith and teachings, participating in that alongside his high school age granddaughter," Evans said. "He was a fabulous grandfather."
"Chief Justice Rehnquist's interests, span of knowledge, quick wit and understandings were large. I came to regard him as a genuine 'Renaissance Man.' His questions were honest, discerning and unassuming. He kept learning and growing. He was our brother in Christ," his pastor said.
"Our nation is saddened today by the news that Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away last night," U.S. President George W. Bush said in a Sept. 4 statement. "Laura and I send our respect and deepest sympathy to this good man's children, Jim, Janet and Nancy. We send our respects to all the members of the Rehnquist family," he said.
Rehnquist "was extremely well respected for his powerful intellect. He was respected for his deep commitment to the rule of law and his profound devotion to duty. He provided superb leadership for the federal court system, improving the delivery of justice for the American people and earning the admiration of his colleagues throughout the judiciary," Bush said.
"Chief Justice William Rehnquist served the U.S. Supreme Court with integrity and dedication. During his 33-year career on the Supreme Court -- 19 as Chief Justice -- Justice Rehnquist streamlined the court's operation. He will be remembered for presiding over the court during historic events in our nation's history. Among them, he presided over an impeachment trial, and he presided as the court made the final decisions of the 2000 presidential campaign," said the Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the ELCA.
"During his tenure his opinions reflected his convictions as well as his commitment to the judiciary. In recent months he remained faithful to his calling as Chief Justice despite his illness with thyroid cancer. As presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, I extend sympathies to his family and friends, and thank God for this humble and faithful servant," Hanson said.
"The Chief Justice had a deep and abiding sense of the importance of religion for this nation and its people, and over the past three decades he has led a change in the constitutional law of church and state that now allows that importance to be recognized," said Robert Tuttle, professor of law, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. Tuttle co-authored "Church and State: Lutheran Perspectives."
"In his years on the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice has been the nation's leading proponent of 'professionalism' among lawyers -- a particular kind of legal ethics that focuses especially on civility and decorum," Tuttle said. "He understood that the authority of law depends on an appropriate respect for the law's dignity. And this meant respect for and by those who administer it, including judges, lawyers, clerks and litigants, respect shaped with a touch of reverence and awe," he said.
Born Oct. 1, 1924, in Milwaukee, Rehnquist attended public schools in Shorewood, Wis., a suburb of Milwaukee, and graduated from Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and Stanford Law School. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1943 to 1946. He was a law clerk for Justice Robert H. Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1951-1952.
Rehnquist practiced law in Phoenix from 1953 to 1969. President Richard Nixon appointed him assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, in 1969 and to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1972. President Ronald Reagan nominated him in 1986 to be the nation's 16th Chief Justice.
In 1953 he married Natalie Cornell Rehnquist, who died in 1991. Natalie Rehnquist had served eight years as director of volunteer services at the National Lutheran Home for the Aged, Rockville, Md.
In 1998 Rehnquist took part in briefings hosted by the Lutheran Office for Governmental Affairs and the ELCA Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Synod for Lutheran bishops. The Chief Justice said a sense of God's call to his vocation kept him going.
"God put you on earth to do a job. Every day is a gift of God. You plow into your work," said Rehnquist. "You may have problems -- physical, emotional -- but you have the sense that God is looking after you."
Rehnquist announced in October 2004 that he had thyroid cancer, and he dismissed questions about his retiring from the court.
It sounds like he was one of these Lutherans whose changes sneaked up on him and he never bothered to get out.
Hanson is disgusting and probably a hypocrite for praising Rehnquist out of one side of his mouth and preaching contrary to Rehnquist's beliefs out the other side of his mouth.
Oh, please do! When Luther left I think he took most of the musicians with him. (John Michael Talbot excepted).
LOL
AMEN
Hanson is the worst of a bunch of bad ELCA leaders.
I thought one comment by Hanson was more of an insult, about Rehnquist presiding over the trial which decided the 2000 election. Although the statement is not malicious on the surface, the rage within seems to come through (reading between the lines).
It would be more fair to say that Gore failed to steal the 2000 election since he lost all the Florida vote counts, and that the US Supreme Court put an end to his demented nonsense. Thank you, Rehnquist for serving justice rather than Hanson's agenda.
ELCA's decline accelerates daily, like a falling object.
You owe me a new monitor. The one I have now is covered in coffee.
All joking aside, I thought it was a good gesture on the part of the Cathedral's leadership.
Apparently, the National Cathedral was booked until early next week.
My goodness: that picture looks like something out of a very bad episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation.">>>>>>
Did you mean the bar scene in Star Wars? LOL
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