There has been a long and often close relationship between
the Anglican and Catholic Churches. In certain situations
there remains a mutual recognition of the validity of key
doctrines, liturgies, and practices. And the Catholic
Church continues to hold the faith and moral teachings as
taught by the Apostles.
I understand that there is also an
Anglican Use liturgy
within the Catholic Church, wherein the Book of Common Prayer
is used for the Mass (with minor updates). So there is no need
to lose the liturgy Anglicans may be familiar with.
Resources for those interested in the Catholic faith:
Catholic Answerswww.catholic.com A superb site for clearing away the myths propagated by too many.
Offers free on-line library that examines all the major issues,
free on-line archive of over 1,500 hours of radio/audio material,
plus magazines, books, pamphlets, tracts, videos, and more.
Coming Home Networkwww.chnetwork.org Provides fellowship, encouragement and support for Protestant
pastors and laymen who are somewhere along the journey or
have already been received into the Catholic Church.
Biblical Evidence for Catholicismwww.biblicalcatholic.com Dave Armstrong's monster site. Eclectic, fun, exhaustingly
detailed, personal, moving, and more.
And may God bless your journey where ever it takes you.
posted on 08/05/2003 5:19 PM PDT by polemikos
"And may God bless your journey where ever it takes you." There will be many wake up in heaven, surprised to see those who made it there also.
There will be many wake up in hell, surprised to see they were decieved.
"For the wheat will grow up with the tares, and then the harvest."
As much as I applaud you wanting to see people still worship biblically, how can you even suggest people joining an organization that persecuted Christ's church for over 1500 years??? (I know this may start an argument here, but it has to be said. I'll reply to folks at a later time when I get off work)
While at the England meeting, a conservative Episcopal priest I know of some political import in this affair spent some time in Rome for talks there. Not for nothing, but most of the issues going back to Henry the VIII are pretty cool these days, but abortion, which long remained a major stumbling block between the 'modern' Anglican Church and Rome doesn't present the same divide with the conservative Anglican church. Now, if they end the business of gay priests, we could well see a remarkable warming between conservative Anglicans and the Vatican.
PS. My grandfather was an Episcopal priest and when once his parish hired a gay curate. It wasn't known at the time the lad was hired, but it came to light in about two months. It was simply announced the next service that the new curate had resigned due to illness and that was that.