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newcatholic2010
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Hi this is a question thats been on my head lately and I really havent found an answer to it which I would like to know about.
Ive been a Catholic for over a year, prior before in my life I never believed on god (you could say I found the light
) nor was I part of any religion. However over the years in both RE and History lessons I learnt about the various splits churches had with the Catholic Church…in particular the one surrounding Henry VIII which started off due to the Pope refusing to grant him a divorce (hardly a theological reason to break away right?? more like someone who threw up a fuss).
Ive had friends in the past who call themselves English and say their part of the Church of England and whenever I raise this point towards the credibility and the origins of what it stands for they always get edgey with me or often dont answer the question. I often get the impression some of them know how their church originated but they continue to be associated with it. I don’t really see any traditional, historical, biblical reason for their church to be known as a ‘national church’, My opinion is that the establishment stole it from Rome in to continue its Protestant successions and has oppressed and killed millions of Catholic’s in order to do so over the years, wihilst also making it illegal for them to practice their faith. The act of supremacy or the act of settlement are man-made laws to defend a church that has no credibility, isnt the same church that Henry kept (being catholic still without the pope) and has strayed from tradition and biblical principles.
I often think the Church of England itself is the threat to Christianity here in the UK. With its house of Bishops who can influence legislations and being the state religion dare I say, over the years I have never heard them speak out nor have I heard them defend Christian values in this country even when I was an atheist. I often think this is due to their “comfy positions that they hold.” I rarely hear Rowan Williams speaking out nor the Queen…isnt she supposed to be the head of the church in this country?? I dont hear her talking of Christianity at Christmas or in her speech (which she doesnt even write herself!)
Atleast with the Catholic hierarchy and although they get slated by secularists, they still speak out. My main question is knowing all this regarding the Anglican church, why do people still stick with it knowing that it was along with the rest of the reformation the actors who commited apostacy from the church Jesus Christ founded…isn’t it a serious sin to cause division amongst the followers of Christ whcih stayed united for 1500 years?? Some of my friends who are Anglicans I get on well with as friends but I can never understand why they continue to allign themselves with the C o England knowing the history behind it…are they blind to it? Do they treat the C o England in a nationalistic way? (hardly biblical or traditional if that is the case)…family??. Plus dare I say that hardly any of them have what some could say “Christian lifestyles”. I always believe that the teachings of the bible and the church musnt contradict one another and I feel that the church of england has strayed a long way from the bible in its principles. I dont understand why they dont realise this. I knew all about this even before I came to the true church in Rome that christ had founded and entrusted to Peter as in the Bible.
I would like feedback or answers to what I have written as I find Christianity in this country very peculiar with what the establishment has done to it. Thanks
Ive been a Catholic for over a year, prior before in my life I never believed on god (you could say I found the light
) nor was I part of any religion. However over the years in both RE and History lessons I learnt about the various splits churches had with the Catholic Church…in particular the one surrounding Henry VIII which started off due to the Pope refusing to grant him a divorce (hardly a theological reason to break away right?? more like someone who threw up a fuss).Ive had friends in the past who call themselves English and say their part of the Church of England and whenever I raise this point towards the credibility and the origins of what it stands for they always get edgey with me or often dont answer the question. I often get the impression some of them know how their church originated but they continue to be associated with it. I don’t really see any traditional, historical, biblical reason for their church to be known as a ‘national church’, My opinion is that the establishment stole it from Rome in to continue its Protestant successions and has oppressed and killed millions of Catholic’s in order to do so over the years, wihilst also making it illegal for them to practice their faith. The act of supremacy or the act of settlement are man-made laws to defend a church that has no credibility, isnt the same church that Henry kept (being catholic still without the pope) and has strayed from tradition and biblical principles.
I often think the Church of England itself is the threat to Christianity here in the UK. With its house of Bishops who can influence legislations and being the state religion dare I say, over the years I have never heard them speak out nor have I heard them defend Christian values in this country even when I was an atheist. I often think this is due to their “comfy positions that they hold.” I rarely hear Rowan Williams speaking out nor the Queen…isnt she supposed to be the head of the church in this country?? I dont hear her talking of Christianity at Christmas or in her speech (which she doesnt even write herself!)
Atleast with the Catholic hierarchy and although they get slated by secularists, they still speak out. My main question is knowing all this regarding the Anglican church, why do people still stick with it knowing that it was along with the rest of the reformation the actors who commited apostacy from the church Jesus Christ founded…isn’t it a serious sin to cause division amongst the followers of Christ whcih stayed united for 1500 years?? Some of my friends who are Anglicans I get on well with as friends but I can never understand why they continue to allign themselves with the C o England knowing the history behind it…are they blind to it? Do they treat the C o England in a nationalistic way? (hardly biblical or traditional if that is the case)…family??. Plus dare I say that hardly any of them have what some could say “Christian lifestyles”. I always believe that the teachings of the bible and the church musnt contradict one another and I feel that the church of england has strayed a long way from the bible in its principles. I dont understand why they dont realise this. I knew all about this even before I came to the true church in Rome that christ had founded and entrusted to Peter as in the Bible.
I would like feedback or answers to what I have written as I find Christianity in this country very peculiar with what the establishment has done to it. Thanks
