which Protestant denominations do actually say the rosary?

[Almost_Catholic]

While it true that most, if not all, protestant denominations do not TEACH praying the rosary…many individuals do. Perhaps they are moving in the direction of Rome. How do I know this? I am one of them. My mother is another. I have six rosaries, five gifts and one I made myself (slowly).

Please do not generalize protestants into one bag, that is a non-starter. The bag is large and divergent. Unfortunately there is not total union, but I have met so many Catholic individuals that seem to be as subjective in their beliefs are protestants…unfortunately.

Sometimes too confusing for words.

 

[hlgomez]

Mother Mary will be the point of unity of the Body of Christ. Who else can lead us to the Son better than her? The triumph of her Immaculate Heart will soon come about. May God be praised and blessed!

It is thru her that the Church will be once more one flock, and one shepherd. Deep devotions to her brings us more closer to her Son.

Pio

 

[Angainor]

Some Lutherans pray a kind of Rosary where some of the words are changed.

Actually, the Lutherans who say the Rosary say the form that was the common form at the time of the reformation. It is the Roman Catholics who say a version where the words were changed.

For example, in 1568 the Roman Catholics added the last line of the Hail Mary to the “official” version:
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.

 

[Traveller1534]

I can’t believe so many of you Catholics are so uninformed that others say the Rosary just as yourselves. I am Episcopalian (and an ex cradle Catholic) and we say the rosary.

 

[O.S.Luke]

Dwight Longenecker wrote a Catholic response to C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, in his book More Christianity. An excerpt from his book:

…the rosary is not a strict law for Catholics to follow. Many good Catholics don’t use the rosary at all. On the other hand, many non-Catholics find the rosary very helpful. John Wesley prayed the rosary every day, as do many Anglicans, Lutherans, and Methodists today. The rosary is simply a devotional aid to prayer that many people find helpful. - Chapter Eight, “All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed,” p. 222, More Christianity, © 2002, Our Sunday Visitor Publishing.

O+

 

[Cat]

As an evangelical Protestant, my husband developed an interest in the Rosary several years before we became Catholic.

He discovered an “ecumenical Rosary” online, and began praying it. (The meditations were on the miracles in the life of Jesus, and there were different prayers, not the Hail Mary.)

He did some research about Rosaries, and eventually began not only praying the Catholic Rosary, but also making Rosaries. The diocesan newspaper did an article about him when he created a giant wall Rosary out of CD Roms (a boys’ Catholic school eventually acquired it).

He joined several online Rosary groups, and has made some beautiful Rosaries for various exchanges.

I would say that the Rosary prayers really changed his life. He had been a born again Christian since his teen years (Assembly of God), and had prayed like all Protestants do. But praying the Rosary really helped him.

He has written his Rosary testimony up and has presented it at the local K of C Auxiliary meetings. It’s quite thrilling. Wish it was online so I could link you all.

When I became Catholic, I started praying the Rosary for my two daughters, who were estranged from all churches after our family was kicked out of our EFree church. A few months ago, my older daughter told us she is going to convert to Catholicism, and my younger daughter and her fiance have stated that they really should become Catholic, but just can’t seem to find time!

 

[Contarini]

O.S. Luke,

I am extremely skeptical about Fr. Longenecker’s claim that Wesley said the Rosary. Where did he get this from?

To repeat what I said earlier (since some Catholics persist in being skeptical that any Protestants say the Rosary), I know from personal experience that some Anglicans and Methodists say the Rosary (with both parts of the Hail Mary).

Edwin

 

[O.S.Luke]

O.S. Luke,

I am extremely skeptical about Fr. Longenecker’s claim that Wesley said the Rosary. Where did he get this from?

To repeat what I said earlier (since some Catholics persist in being skeptical that any Protestants say the Rosary), I know from personal experience that some Anglicans and Methodists say the Rosary (with both parts of the Hail Mary).

Edwin

More accurately, Wesley carried and used a prayer rope, which included the psalter and prayers/collects and was possibly a precursor to the Anglican rosary. His Eastern leanings on prayer and spirituality have been noted of late by several scholars.

 

[ASimpleSinner]

I can’t believe so many of you Catholics are so uninformed that others say the Rosary just as yourselves. I am Episcopalian (and an ex cradle Catholic) and we say the rosary.

(With apologies to the writers of Casablanca!)
“I’m shocked, shocked I say to find gambling going on in this establishment!”

“Your winnings sir”

“Thank you”*

Traveler, in your 34 years as a Catholic were you widely aware of minority parties and individuals in the Protestant world that were regular practionners of Rosary devotions???

If you yourself had not been from a Catholic background do you think you would have been attracted naturally to the minority party in the Episcopal Church who practice this devotion?

 

[Traveller1534]

Yes I think I would have for the simple reason that the priest in the Episcopal church where my family and I attend holds very firmly to the teachings of the Anglican church (which is the 3rd largest denomination in the world) and those teachings include much more Catholic structure in our church such as sacremental confession, the regular use of holy water, incense and crossing ourselves and also saying the rosary. So at the end of the day, I would have been exposed to praying the rosary whether I had been Catholic previously or not.

 

[ASimpleSinner]

Yes I think I would have for the simple reason that the priest in the Episcopal church where my family and I attend holds very firmly to the teachings of the Anglican church (which is the 3rd largest denomination in the world) and those teachings include much more Catholic structure in our church such as sacremental confession, the regular use of holy water, incense and crossing ourselves and also saying the rosary. So at the end of the day, I would have been exposed to praying the rosary whether I had been Catholic previously or not.

That’s not what I asked.

When you were incredulous and almost exasperated that Catholics were not more greatly aware of minority parties in Protestant circles you said:

I can’t believe so many of you Catholics are so uninformed that others say the Rosary just as yourselves. I am Episcopalian (and an ex cradle Catholic) and we say the rosary.

Which lead me to ask:

Traveler, in your 34 years as a Catholic were you widely aware of minority parties and individuals in the Protestant world that were regular practionners of Rosary devotions???

Then I asked:

If you yourself had not been from a Catholic background do you think you would have been attracted naturally to the minority party in the Episcopal Church who practice this devotion?

Given the fact that you were reared Catholic, I can’t help but wonder if that basic - if underapprecated - formation didn’t lead you to such a community as you are in now. One wonders who readily a lapsed Baptist would go to an “Anglo-Catholic” parish in the communion formerly known as PECUSA.

 

[Traveller1534]

It was actually called ECUSA and it is now called TEC for simply the Episcopal church. You also mentioned underappreciated notion of the rosary when I was Catholic. The truth really is that I was never educated on my faith very well at all when I was Catholic, in fact I find that most Catholics today know very little or are even misdirected on their faith. I have to admit that the same thing applies to Anglicans that I go to church with every Sunday. I just stepped up to the plate when I turned Anglican and sought out much education on the church.

 

[dessert]

Anyone can say a prayer in the privacy of their home. Any where but it ‘the Rosary’ with the Our Father Oh my queen Oh my Jesus and St. Michael prayer and I believe in front of the Eucharist in full adoration, among other Catholic members outloud and after Mass in union with one another, this is what really is the Rosary.

You can say anyprayer in your car or before bed or at work.

I have not heard of a denomination having a prayer night at their church dedicated to praying the rosary but you should try it as it has helped our churches and enriches our mass.

Dessert

 

[Traveller1534]

That is quite strange that you have never heard of this. We have a designated evening at different times of the year when we pray the rosary and educate those who wish to learn it.

 

[ASimpleSinner]

That is quite strange that you have never heard of this. We have a designated evening at different times of the year when we pray the rosary and educate those who wish to learn it.

Strange that I have never heard of what?

Sir, I am asking YOU how aware you were as a Catholic of this minority practice in a the Episcopal church (with some 4M adherents in your childhood, some 2.5 today, Anglo Catholics were then and are now still a minority).

Again I ask this when you were incredulous and almost exasperated that Catholics were not more greatly aware of minority parties in Protestant circles you said:

I can’t believe so many of you Catholics are so uninformed that others say the Rosary just as yourselves. I am Episcopalian (and an ex cradle Catholic) and we say the rosary.

You are suprised many did not know of this small group. Did you yourself know?

 

[Traveller1534]

Yes I knew. I thought we already went there. sorry

 

[Traveller1534]

Just a thought, where are you coming up with minority parties?? The rosary is an intregal part of the Anglican communion which is the third largest denomination in the world. not 2.5 but over 40 million. still nowhere near what the Catholic church is but much larger than many protestant faiths

 

[ASimpleSinner]

It was actually called ECUSA and it is now called TEC for simply the Episcopal church. You also mentioned underappreciated notion of the rosary when I was Catholic. The truth really is that I was never educated on my faith very well at all when I was Catholic, in fact I find that most Catholics today know very little or are even misdirected on their faith. I have to admit that the same thing applies to Anglicans that I go to church with every Sunday. I just stepped up to the plate when I turned Anglican and sought out much education on the church.

Before it was ECUSA, it was PECUSA - the name it was founded under… P for * **Protestant *Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

You also mentioned underappreciated notion of the rosary when I was Catholic.

NO, I mention an under-appreciated Catholic formation. Your inclination toward liturgy that looks similar to the Mass, desire for sacraments, a priestly minister, etc… These are things that a Catholic formation - however rudimentary or incomplete - would lead someone to seek out a similar form of worship and style.

The truth really is that I was never educated on my faith very well at all when I was Catholic, in fact I find that most Catholics today know very little or are even misdirected on their faith. I have to admit that the same thing applies to Anglicans that I go to church with every Sunday.

This begs the question - if you were not well educated on your old faith then, how are you so certain of what it teaches and so brazen to come to a Catholic Forum and belittle its practices and the faith and intelligence of its adherents?

 

[Traveller1534]

The two churches are similar in many facets. That doesn’t mean that whomever isn’t Roman Catholic is a wanna be. The largest difference I have come to know between the two churches is that one claims to be the keeper of God and the truth and the other encourages folks to embark on a relationship with Christ through the teachings of the church and the searchings of the truth. We do not pretend to be infallible or able to change truth.

 

[ASimpleSinner]

Just a thought, where are you coming up with minority parties?? The rosary is an intregal part of the Anglican communion which is the third largest denomination in the world. not 2.5 but over 40 million. still nowhere near what the Catholic church is but much larger than many protestant faiths

Latest figures indicate the TEC has some 2.5 adherents in the US and the TAC overall has some 70 million adherents world wide - the largest communion member bodies being in the UK & Nigeria.

I declare and standfast to the proposition that Marian devotion in general and the Rosary specifcilly are practiced by a minority party of TEC in the US and TAC as a whole.

(see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholicism)

You are fortunate to be involved with an Anglo Catholic parish - most parishes would not embrace such Catholic practices, and in countries like Nigeria (15M Anglican communion members) “High Church” parties are such a minority as to almost be non-existent - they focus on the Protestant aspects of Anglican theology and DO NOT as a rule preach 7 sacraments.

So no, when you say:

The rosary is an intregal part of the Anglican communion …

I cannot agree.