Well, I pray that they find ways to reunite in an greater Anglican Church that is truly orthodox, upholds traditional values, and avoids the novelization of the liturgy which has plagued the Catholic Church of late. They certainly owe no further allegiance to a heterodox modernist archbishop, any more than Catholics would owe allegiance to a heterodox modernist pope, should one occur.That’s what is referred to as the Anglican Continuum. Started back in 1979. Many jurisdictions. Still sputtering along.
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I hope so too.Well, I pray that they find ways to reunite in an greater Anglican Church that is truly orthodox, upholds traditional values, and avoids the novelization of the liturgy which has plagued the Catholic Church of late. They certainly owe no further allegiance to a heterodox modernist archbishop, any more than Catholics would owe allegiance to a heterodox modernist pope, should one occur.
Without doubt, these kinds of decisions can be quite difficult. (That’s one reason I try to be understanding when Orthodox tell us (Catholics) that they cannot receive our communion, or permit us to receive theirs.)I’m absolutely sure it not permitted in my church, and I’m absolutely certain you are correct.
It is not to be done. Verboten! Unsound!
And yet God calls us to kneel together. If we need to use other terms to describe the relationship then you will hear those words, but my heart speaks otherwise.
My pastor knew the Godparents (we call them sponsors) were Catholic and after interviewing them extensively he gave his consent. We recited our vows as parents. They recited the vows to help bring up this child of God in the church and the congregation recited their vows as well. My pastor accepted those vows and the child was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
So there it is. It has been done. If there is fault, may I bare it entirely.
I do admit that we don’t talk about it much so as not to cause scandal, but they have been a blessing for my and my children in a life of faith. Frankly, if my child became Catholic, I would be content.
I have three children, and frankly at this time, the only sponsors of my children before God who have bothered to perform their duty are these good Catholics. If I had to do it all over again, all three of my children would be so blessed.
For Catholics, a heterodox pope would be a contradiction in terms. Of course, that doesn’t stop dozens of different groups, each contradicting the others, from saying the papacy has been vacant since 1958, or 1914, or 1500, etc, or claiming this or that person is the real pope today, or many other mutually exclusive theories. I don’t think an archbishop in Anglicanism would suggest “allegiance” to them is the same as what allegiance means to a pope, if you are bringing up doctrine.Well, I pray that they find ways to reunite in an greater Anglican Church that is truly orthodox, upholds traditional values, and avoids the novelization of the liturgy which has plagued the Catholic Church of late. They certainly owe no further allegiance to a heterodox modernist archbishop, any more than Catholics would owe allegiance to a heterodox modernist pope, should one occur.
Your last assumption is correct.For Catholics, a heterodox pope would be a contradiction in terms. Of course, that doesn’t stop dozens of different groups, each contradicting the others, from saying the papacy has been vacant since 1958, or 1914, or 1500, etc, or claiming this or that person is the real pope today, or many other mutually exclusive theories. I don’t think an archbishop in Anglicanism would suggest “allegiance” to them is the same as what allegiance means to a pope, if you are bringing up doctrine.