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To: MeanWestTexan
I believe the position is going to be agree-to-disagree about Mary

If that's the case then The Traditional Anglican Communion won't be coming home to the Roman Catholic Church. You either accept all of the teachings and publicly profess belief in said teachings of the Church or you won't be confirmed. The Church isn't a smorgasbord.

21 posted on 12/25/2005 11:39:46 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: A.A. Cunningham

I don't think they are completly "coming home" --- more being in communion, with acceptable doctrinal differences.


26 posted on 12/25/2005 1:43:27 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: A.A. Cunningham
You either accept all of the teachings and publicly profess belief in said teachings of the Church or you won't be confirmed.

What percentage of Roman Catholics do you believe could do this truthfully?

28 posted on 12/25/2005 2:02:59 PM PST by Jim Noble (Non, je ne regrette rien)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

"I believe the position is going to be agree-to-disagree about Mary

If that's the case then The Traditional Anglican Communion won't be coming home to the Roman Catholic Church. You either accept all of the teachings and publicly profess belief in said teachings of the Church or you won't be confirmed. The Church isn't a smorgasbord."

If the TAC holds the traditional "Anglo-Catholic" beliefs about Mary, then they follow Rome's lead on this already and they will probably be more orthodox on this issue than most in the N.O. Church.

In fact, apart from them not being in communion in Rome, they are probably more orthodox than most home-grown Catholics in most areas of doctrine. It is the convert former-Anglican clergy who seem to be having a harder time with the liberalization of the faith in these parts than do the cradle-Catholic clergy.


38 posted on 12/25/2005 2:50:11 PM PST by Tantumergo
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