Any Anglicans / Episcopalians considering switching to RCC?

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Picky_Picky said:
Interesting. I’ll stop wandering off topic now, but you’ve made me realise how little I really know about the US judicial system. I see I have some reading to do. Thanks.

Magistrates in English law are unpaid laypeople who’ve volunteered for the job, and received sufficient training to run the lowest level of court, where a bench of normally three of them try the least serious cases. Judges are pukka legal experts. Now I must make a note to read up on the US system.
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It may not be that different here. I just saw a job posting for a “Magistrate”, which sounds lofty indeed, but the actual duties bordered on clerical: the most responsible task they had was deciding which cases and individuals merited entrance into the formal court system. The job required only a high school degree and some clerical experience, and paid $15,000. This version of a magistrate is even less estimable than yours who try cases!

Of course, understand that the United States will have a lot of local variances. We did start as thirteen distinct states, with their own constitutions and local traditions. Somewhere I’m sure a magistrate is the title for the highest judge in the land!

Edit: So as not to be off-topic, my answer is the same as it was before. I’m still struggling. If I were to move to another town, it would be easy, but I have so much attachment to my Episc. church.
 
Potter said:
It may not be that different here. I just saw a job posting for a “Magistrate”, which sounds lofty indeed, but the actual duties bordered on clerical: the most responsible task they had was deciding which cases and individuals merited entrance into the formal court system. The job required only a high school degree and some clerical experience, and paid $15,000. This version of a magistrate is even less estimable than yours who try cases!

Of course, understand that the United States will have a lot of local variances. We did start as thirteen distinct states, with their own constitutions and local traditions. Somewhere I’m sure a magistrate is the title for the highest judge in the land!

Edit: So as not to be off-topic, my answer is the same as it was before. I’m still struggling. If I were to move to another town, it would be easy, but I have so much attachment to my Episc. church.
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That does make it harder…
 
Catechesis is coming to close. Looks like my Confirmation will be in the next few weeks.👍
 
Padres1969 said:
Oh I’ve not doubt that it wouldn’t cause a breach in the condemnations of AC. If it ever became a big issue I’m sure that there’d be a AC Part II that would find some defect in the current rite despite the Dutch Touch and Polish Poke. Or an Apostolicae Curae directed at the Old and Polish Catholics would be issued finding some defect in their orders rendering the Touch and Poke meaningless from a Catholic perspective (presuming they have any meaning today).
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As I posted on another thread, IF AC is true ( I am saying if for the benefit of Anglicans, I have no doubt that it is true), then the poke and touch in reality did nothing, for reasons stated on that other thread.
 
Duane1966 said:
As I posted on another thread, IF AC is true ( I am saying if for the benefit of Anglicans, I have no doubt that it is true), then the poke and touch in reality did nothing, for reasons stated on that other thread.
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A good position for RCs to support.
 
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