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A good friend of mine is going through rhe RCIA process in Southern California. He showed several of the books that they wee assigned to use in the class. The Idiots Guide to Catholicism, while sounding strange actually does a pretty good job of describing the faith in very very simple terms. However the book In His Light by the Reverend William A. Anderson, Brown-Roa 1996 presnted me with several facts of which I was unaware.
I still thought we had priests in the Church and that they had received the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Not so. We are all priests. Those who receive Holy Orders are now called Presbyters and Presiders. Nowhere in the book are they referred to as Priests.
I stil thought a double genuflection was required in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Not so, one knee genuflections only and always.
There is no altar anymore, the official term is the Eucharistic Table or the Lords Table.
Apparently, at least from what I can tell from reading, the Eucharist is now officially termed either the Consecrated Bread or the Sacred Bread and the Consecrated or Sacred Wine. It is not referred to as the Body and Blood of Christ any longer. There may be some reference to that but I could not find it.
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is forbidden by the Church immediately following the celebration of the Eucharistic Liturgy.
In an almost apologetic passage the following is stated" In the same fashion the Scriptures presume but never proove the existence of the Devil" It goes on to say however it would be difficult to deny the existence of the Devil and concludes with the statement that in the Old Testament Satan was not an evil person, but someone who was visiting with God. He appears more as a tester or a type of prosecuting attorney?? rather than an evil spirit. But just to be fair, it also says Scriptures presume but do not proove the existance of Angels either and that nowhere are they described as spiritual beings. Church tradition also presumes but does not proove their existance…
There were other passagesand examples but I became just too depressed over the whole thing and gave the books back to my friend and wished him good luck…
I still thought we had priests in the Church and that they had received the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Not so. We are all priests. Those who receive Holy Orders are now called Presbyters and Presiders. Nowhere in the book are they referred to as Priests.
I stil thought a double genuflection was required in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. Not so, one knee genuflections only and always.
There is no altar anymore, the official term is the Eucharistic Table or the Lords Table.
Apparently, at least from what I can tell from reading, the Eucharist is now officially termed either the Consecrated Bread or the Sacred Bread and the Consecrated or Sacred Wine. It is not referred to as the Body and Blood of Christ any longer. There may be some reference to that but I could not find it.
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is forbidden by the Church immediately following the celebration of the Eucharistic Liturgy.
In an almost apologetic passage the following is stated" In the same fashion the Scriptures presume but never proove the existence of the Devil" It goes on to say however it would be difficult to deny the existence of the Devil and concludes with the statement that in the Old Testament Satan was not an evil person, but someone who was visiting with God. He appears more as a tester or a type of prosecuting attorney?? rather than an evil spirit. But just to be fair, it also says Scriptures presume but do not proove the existance of Angels either and that nowhere are they described as spiritual beings. Church tradition also presumes but does not proove their existance…
There were other passagesand examples but I became just too depressed over the whole thing and gave the books back to my friend and wished him good luck…