Is a Catholic Allowed to Attend Stations of the Cross at an Episcopalian Church?

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Is a Catholic allowed to attend Stations of the Cross at an Episcopalian Church? They’re having Stations at my wife’s parish, but the time is not convenient. OK for her to go with me to mine?
 
Stations of the Cross is not a strictly Catholic devotion, so yes, your wife may attend the devotion at your church. It would be different if your wife was thinking of attending a Sunday service at your church. She would be obliged to attend a Catholic Mass in addition to a Protestant service since Catholics are required to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation.
 
Yes but SSPV,CMRI and SSPX would use this quote. “He who prays with heretics is a heretic”
 
A Catholic must be attentive to make sure that they don’t get fooled by something that a Protestant may say that would go against the teachings of the Faith.
 
Couldn’t hurt to check with your Catholic pastor first and see what he says. The Bible say, “Obey your leaders and submit to them…” (Heb 13:17); it doesn’t say follow the advice of anonymous posters on the Internet.
 
7_Sorrows said:
thanks for the links GKC! I will read about them when I have more time. I wonder what the difference is between SSPV and SSPX.
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SSPV are a sedevacantist group. Sedevacantism is the position that there has not been a pope since the death of Pius XII in 1958. It means “with the seat vacant” in Latin. This belief comes from their opinion that once a pope espouses “heresy”, at least in their eyes, he is no longer pope. SSPX are not sedevacantists in that they accept that Francis is pope, however they do not accept the pope’s authority in any matters as they also believe that all popes since Pius XII have been heretical. Both very similar belief systems although they differ in that regard.

SSPV was formed in 1983 from a small group of nine Traditionalist priests who broke from SSPX due to the fact that the SSPX began saying Mass according to John XXIII’s 1962 Roman Missal. They felt it would be abhorrent to say the least to celebrate the mass according to the rules of a guy they felt was a “heretic”. They were also unable to advocate positions of outright rejecting the pope in sedevacantism in the SSPX as the SSPX rejects the position of sedevacantism.
 
johnnyt3000 said:
A Catholic must be attentive to make sure that they don’t get fooled by something that a Protestant may say that would go against the teachings of the Faith.
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One would imagine that any Anglican church praying the stations of the cross would pretty much use the Passion of the Lord from Scripture. Not too many variations of it that I know. I think the OP will be safe.
 
StBenedictLabre said:
SSPV are a sedevacantist group. Sedevacantism is the position that there has not been a pope since the death of Pius XII in 1958. It means “with the seat vacant” in Latin. This belief comes from their opinion that once a pope espouses “heresy”, at least in their eyes, he is no longer pope. SSPX are not sedevacantists in that they accept that Francis is pope, however they do not accept the pope’s authority in any matters as they also believe that all popes since Pius XII have been heretical. Both very similar belief systems although they differ in that regard.

SSPV was formed in 1983 from a small group of nine Traditionalist priests who broke from SSPX due to the fact that the SSPX began saying Mass according to John XXIII’s 1962 Roman Missal. They felt it would be abhorrent to say the least to celebrate the mass according to the rules of a guy they felt was a “heretic”. They were also unable to advocate positions of outright rejecting the pope in sedevacantism in the SSPX as the SSPX rejects the position of sedevacantism.
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Thank you for the clarification! 👍
 
By all means! Ecumenism was one of the key topics of the Second Vatican Council and openness towards our Christian brothers and sisters was highly encouraged by the Council Fathers as well as by successive Popes since. The Stations of the Cross and similar events are an excellent example of how we can joint together with other denominations to express our common beliefs. Put simply, it’s not just “our Easter” but their Easter as well - we are all one in Christ Jesus.
 
InThePew said:
By all means! Ecumenism was one of the key topics of the Second Vatican Council and openness towards our Christian brothers and sisters was highly encouraged by the Council Fathers as well as by successive Popes since. The Stations of the Cross and similar events are an excellent example of how we can joint together with other denominations to express our common beliefs. Put simply, it’s not just “our Easter” but their Easter as well - we are all one in Christ Jesus.
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Good Friday services are also excellent opportunities to share our Faith in prayer together. I remember in the mid-60’s, all the churches in town gathered for the three hours - beautiful music, prayers, readings… And because the Catholic church was the largest building, services were held there every other year.
 
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