If a Protestant by virtue of religious background as a Protestant and baptism, possibly without Catholic ancestors for hundreds of years, would be asc

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I’m new here, but I’ve been reading the forums for years upon years. 🙂

A wise friend once said “Canon law isn’t always the theological reality.” Eastern Catholics get it; sometimes that makes our Roman brethren twitch. 😉

Church ascription matters mostly in the Eastern sense. If one is Orthodox, they should be ascribed to an Eastern Church, even if they were received in a Roman parish. They need special permission from the Holy See not to be. Protestants, however, can be received—and ascribed—into Eastern Churches right away. They don’t have to be Roman automatically.

Part of the reason, I assume, is the mind of the Church that the Eastern Churches should grow and flourish. As much as Rome has disrespected us in the past, they hold our communion with them dearly and see us as an important bridge to (and reminder for them of) the goal of Church unity. The more Eastern Catholics, the merrier in their mind.

And greetings fellow UGCC member. 🙂 Our Church is just so beautiful, isn’t it?
 
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Would you impose the letter of the Law to hinder the Lord’s work? (And plus, it seems to me and to many that you are doing so inappropriately.)
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The Holy See and clergy are those that apply the canon law not me.
 
You misapply the Law. (And you wrongfully elevate the Law as it is now above that which it is intended to be.) (If the Law were perfect, there would be no need to change it… And we ain’t Jewish.) That’s not how things are done. God bless you, this conversation is done and over.
 
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Thank you for playing—getting things out there on the Internet!!
 
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Ascription is done by baptism in a great many cases. I am not denying that. But that Ascription outside of the Church often does not result in an ascription at all. I know you would like to believe, because it makes things simple… That ascription to a particular Church sui juris always happens at Baptism,…
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The norm is that ascription to a particular Church sui juris happens at one of the times and in the ways given in the canons that I posted, not what you presume that I think.
 
Wow. This is an amazing thread. Anyway, I agree that the law does not require that a Protestant be ascribed, by law, to the Latin Church. Since this is not clearly regulated/limited by law, the right of the person to be ascribed to any Church he chooses should be maintained.

Dan
 
The old Ukrainian priest was not up to date on the current declarations. Any Protestant Christian, of whatever denomination, may enter the Catholic Church through any sui juris Church, Roman, Melkite, Ukrianian, etc., and is to be considered of the rite through which they entered. If you were a Protestant and entered the Catholic Church through the Ukrainian Church, then you are of the Byzantine Rite. You are not a Roman Catholic. Hope that helps.

Fr. Sebastian
steliasmelkite.org
Los Gatos, CA
 
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