KJV and BCP

[kotek]

Could an Anglican who becomes Catholic still use the King James Version if it includes the Deutero-Canonical books and also still use the Book of Common Prayer for Morning and Evening Prayer. I ask because some Anglicans are becoming Catholic with all that is happening in TEC and also the new Anglican Province “Anglican Church in North America” will not stop Women’s Ordination in SOME of it’s Diocese, the ACNA Convention Synod recently did not agree to put a halt on Women’s Ordination.

 

[Roman_Catholic_1]

Could an Anglican who becomes Catholic still use the King James Version if it includes the Deutero-Canonical books and also still use the Book of Common Prayer for Morning and Evening Prayer. I ask because some Anglicans are becoming Catholic with all that is happening in TEC and also the new Anglican Province “Anglican Church in North America” will not stop Women’s Ordination in SOME of it’s Diocese, the ACNA Convention Synod recently did not agree to put a halt on Women’s Ordination.

There is nothing in Catholic doctrine which states Protestant Bibles cannot be used for devotional purposes. My wife still uses one of hers.

About the BCP; I do not know enough of its contents to say either way.

God bless

 

[mattwcu]

Fr. Geroge Rutler on his program Christ in the City (EWTN, one of its best shows) uses the KJV when he reads scripture on the air. During one program I watched I actually paused it and went through all my Bibles and sure enough…it was the KJV.

I believe he is a former Anglican, but someone can correct me on that if I’m wrong.

 

[bpbasilphx]

Since the Anglican-use Catholic BOOK OF DIVINE WORSHIP, approved by the Vatican, is based on the Book of Common Prayer, I don’t see why using the BCP privately for the Office would be forbidden.

One thing about the Daily Offices in the BCP–they admirably fulfill the purpose they intended to, which is the regular use of the Psalter and going through at least most of the Bible in a year.

A bit of history: Edith Pardee, once the Mother General of the Episcopal Community of St. Mary, left in 1905 to become a Roman Catholic and entered Mother Katherine Drexel’s order, where she started all over as a novice.

She remarked in a letter how she missed her old Anglican devotional manuals. “The prayers are the same as I use now, but in so much better English! And I still use my King James Bible.”