Ash Wednesday...bring your favorite Protestant

[MariaG]

Contarini:

Well, that’s a long story, but in the context of this thread, what I meant to say was that Anglicanism has many of those beliefs and practices that others shy away from as being “too Catholic.”

The short answer to the basic question is that I remain Protestant on the basic ecclesiological question (i.e., I believe Protestant churches are constituent parts of the true Church and I do not believe that the fullness of the Church subsists in the Roman Communion in the sense that it exists there uniquely and completely).

Here’s another way of putting it:

To become Catholic would divide me from the Christians to whom I am currently united, and I believe this to be a great sin (unless one is convinced that these Christians lack something essential to being Christian);

and it would compel me to regard as unholy what I currently regard as holy, which again I think is very wrong unless one has no other choice.

Edwin

Thanks for sharing that Edwin. While you may have said similar things in the past(?) I don’t think it ever resonated with me the way this answer does.

I will pray that God will help you resolve this dictate of conscience. And until it is resolved, it would be a great sin for you to become an “official” member of the Catholic Church.

I could offer up reasons why I feel you are wrong, but I think this issue is only going to be resolved (if it ever is) through much prayer and fasting.

Hey, to bring it back around to more of the issue of the Thread , maybe you could add that to your Lenten sacrifices?

God Bless,
Maria

 

[scylla]

Roman_Catholic:

Scylla

Haha so now Catholics can’t even believe in Mary?

It was a strange comment at the time. I don’t think he meant it as “believe” as in thinking she existed. He also made the comment once that he didn’t “believe” in images.
It is probably just the way he expressed his understanding of Mary and images. I tried to correct him on this and he got irate so I left it alone.

I think that the Mass helped him to a better understanding of this sort of thing and the misconceptions commonly held about Catholicism. Which is why we should share our faith and allow the truth to present itself.

God Bless
Scylla