Anglican Private Confession

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I eschew reductionism, historically. But it depends on what is being included.
 
The FSSP is a society of apostolic life. It’s members are priests, not laity. The laity they serve belong to the local Church and are under the local bishop.
The Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter has its own bishop and the faithful belong to the Ordinariate. That’s why I was suggesting that it is a particular church, just as a diocese is.
 
But the Continuum is getting better. Four major jurisdictions are preceding steadily to full union, already in sacramental communion, . And more.

I’ve watched this all happen before: in the fissiparous world of the Continuum. This one looks like it is going to fly. And I stopped being an optimist in grammar school.
 
I honestly can’t keep up with this thread, but one thing that baffles me is how many CAFers bristle their defensive feathers against all things Anglican. What exactly is the threat? Roman Catholics in my town enjoy standing-room-only Mass attendance. And Anglicanism, in all of its broad-spectrum glory, bears not even a fraction of the influence of fast-growing religions like Mormonism and Islam.
 
Rumor has it that you are correct. Lots of history is like that.
 
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I would yield to correction. Is the Military Ordinariate a particular Church?
 
It asked what the position of the Anglican Church of Canada was on private confession. And suddenly the RCC is all up in the posts. Some posts, that is.
 
My comparison was only in the geographical sense.
Then there is Opus Dei, which has its own priests and bishops(s), centers etc. but no parishes or churches per se.
And SSPX, which may or may not re-integrate (I think not, if “progressivism” continues).
All aspects of the tremendous richness of Catholicism…
 
GKMotley said:
Not sure what Catholic but English would imply, but something like that is my guess.
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I have heard an Anglican priest argue (quite insistently) that the C of E is part of the Catholic Church, just as the Roman Catholic Church is also part of the Catholic Church.

Similarly, in conversation once with a Greek Orthodox priest, he (very politely) corrected me when I used the expression “Catholic Church” instead of “Roman Catholic Church”. I hadn’t realized, until that moment, that the Orthodox also consider themselves part of the “Catholic Church”.
 
This is indeed what I was referring to. And is the position that I myself take.

No one need agree with me, to be sure.
 
I’m not quite sure. Dioceses and eparchies are without a doubt local particular churches. As I understand it Territorial Prelatures and Apostolic Vicariates are also particular churches. It surprised me to learn that the latter are considered particular churches for while they are communities of the faithful governed by a bishop, they are more dependent upon the Holy See than proper dioceses.
That being said, if a mission territory vicariate can be a particular church, then I imagine a military ordinariate must be as well.
 
brian_custer said:
not sure what that is supposed to mean

either you need to go to confession to be forgiven of your sins or you don’t

your response seems a little bit glib
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The idea among many Anglicans is that private confession is available to all, but required for none, while some should go for the spiritual benefit they could receive.
 
And that sins are forgiven, validly and efficaciously, in the General Confession in each Mass.
 
If I am not mistaken, I believe the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter falls under the Latin Church. I believe that it is a Rite, not a Sui iuris Church.
 
This is what I thought, since _Anglicanorum Coetibus_was first promulgated.

OTOH, I do still learn stuff.
 
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If I am not mistaken, I believe the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter falls under the Latin Church. I believe that it is a Rite, not a Sui iuris Church.
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It is not even a Rite. The Ordinariate uses the Roman Rite, or more precisely, a Use of the Roman Rite called Divine Worship.
 
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