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captainmike
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I’m a 22-year Episcopalian who’s about six weeks away from becoming Catholic.
During my years as an Episcopalian, I understood the difference in Eucharistic theology between Catholics and Anglicans to be as follows: Catholics believed in Transubstantiation, whereas Anglicans believed in the Real Presence (but were agnostic about whether Transubstantiation was true).
Since beginning to attend a Catholic church, though, I think I have learned that the difference between Rome and Canterbury is even more fundamental: Rome believes that the body and blood is sacrificed to God (“the Sacrifice of the Mass”), whereas Anglicans believe that what is sacrificed is “our praise and thanksgiving.” I think the Anglican Articles of Religion actually dispel the notion that the Anglican Holy Eucharist is a Mass.
If I have stated the difference correctly, that’s a HUGE difference.
Have I stated it correctly (you Anglicans feel free to chime in)?
Also, what do Orthodox Christians think about this? Do they have the Roman view of the Mass?
During my years as an Episcopalian, I understood the difference in Eucharistic theology between Catholics and Anglicans to be as follows: Catholics believed in Transubstantiation, whereas Anglicans believed in the Real Presence (but were agnostic about whether Transubstantiation was true).
Since beginning to attend a Catholic church, though, I think I have learned that the difference between Rome and Canterbury is even more fundamental: Rome believes that the body and blood is sacrificed to God (“the Sacrifice of the Mass”), whereas Anglicans believe that what is sacrificed is “our praise and thanksgiving.” I think the Anglican Articles of Religion actually dispel the notion that the Anglican Holy Eucharist is a Mass.
If I have stated the difference correctly, that’s a HUGE difference.
Have I stated it correctly (you Anglicans feel free to chime in)?
Also, what do Orthodox Christians think about this? Do they have the Roman view of the Mass?