This thread is not about why one should follow the Catholic Church. Your off topic and should be embarrassed. He on the other hand has acted charitably and did not take your baiting. He should NOT answer a question that is off topic. He owed you no explanation and you owe him and apology.
I must applaud you because it takes great love to rebuke a fellow family member as you have done. I can really see that you have a spirit of Justice and that totally aligns with that of our creator. I don’t really get to applaud and celebrate the goodness of Catholics outside my family because most people I work with are Godless.
Rebuke? No Catholics here rebuke anybody. But some have a problem with my way I defend my church. I do not sugar coat anything. I say it like a spade is a spade.I must applaud you because it takes great love to rebuke a fellow family member as you have done. I can really see that you have a spirit of Justice and that totally aligns with that of our creator. I don’t really get to applaud and celebrate the goodness of Catholics outside my family because most people I work with are Godless.
Now for OTCA she is very zealous for her beliefs I think she needs to take that zealousness and inject love in charity into her delivery. I’m not saying she doesn’t have it but sometimes a little charm school goes along way. Believe me I had my day. Somebody once told me I was like John the Baptist probably without my head! lol
I also got the “Loose Cannon” award too so OTCA I am your brother in suffering
Liza:
Are you saying I am not Catholic? You really amuse me. I am not being sarcastic I mean it you make me laugh. I admire much of what you write and then there are other times that I shake my head in sadness at least your not lukewarm. Peter did indeed draw a sword then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword” I call that a rebuke. Now this post and previous ones have gotten away from the subject at hand to the OP I apologize. I will follow the good example of RevNeal and comment no further on off topic posts.
Bravo!!
Agreed. Catholics want credit for every good thing they do. But when something bad happens, it was the “individual”.
Like our profile says.How can one be both Catholic and Protestant?
~Liza
We have strayed OT, but when has that ever stopped
me??
wanted my pastor desperately. He was not able to be there, and I was only able to use (very primitive) sign language, but when one nurse ecxclaimed: “I think she wants a priest!”, I nodded so hard they restrained me for fear of my losing my oxygen(again)…and they brought me a priest. The Catholic priest from St Stanislaus Church in Rochester NY. That wonderful man!!! He treated this :blush:cranky old Methodist lady with the most amazing Christian charity, and, as my dear grandmother would have said: “He prayed Heaven & earth together”! (…and all this after, seeing that he was not my pastor after all, I 
swatted the poor man in a fit of temper).
cool:cranky old Methodist lady included) get back to the subject of clericals??Amen Sister you are so right and God Bless:thumbsup:We have strayed OT, but when has that ever stopped
I have been at the opposite end of this story: after open-heart surgery a few years ago, I was in very poor shape, &
Now can we** all**
Don’t believe everything you read in The Times, Tristan. The use of the clerical collar by Roman Clerics predated the Anglican Church by a over a millennia.
God bless you for your great witness to your faith!Orthodox also wear collars etc. Many Christian traditions have them and have had
them for centuries. Liturgical non-Roman Catholics do not associate a collar with Rome.
Those are usually the branches of protestantism that came more from the radicals or non-conformist.
There are two types of collars.
I find #2 uncomfortable and prefer #1. I do not mind if someone mistakes me for
- Tab or “Roman” collar worn by Roman, Orthodox and some Anglican priests.
- Slave or “Dog Collar” worn by some Anglicans, Presbyterians, Lutheran and Methodist.
This one is a solid white collar around the neck on the outside of the collar.
a Roman Catholic Priest or Orthodox Priest. I have been called worst names
(simple attempt at humor).
The collar, cassock etc are symbols of our office and makes us symbols of the Church and Christ. It reminds me of who I am and what my responsiblities are to the culture.
Also, wearing a suit and tie (as I did as a Baptist minister) allowed me to blend in when
blending was not needed. A collar, everyone knows who and what you are. As a Baptist, even though I carried a Bible I was still mistaken for a business man. I would have to explain who I was to nurses at the hospital. Walk in with a collar even the protestant nurses are more receptive. Never had patients call out to me as a Baptist. As an Anglican
I have had them call me out of the hallway for prayer or a blessing.
A great conversation starter. Had a great conversation with a Hindu a couple of weeks ago, he came up when he saw my collar and asked questions.
As to ordained females, not all collar protestants ordain women.
We also have the sacrament of Confession. Like the Roman Catholics, not too many Anglicans avail themselves of this blessing.
Hope this helps.
Blessings
Fr.Mark
REC-ACNA
This reminds me of Protestants saying that the Deuterocanon books were not included in the canon until Trent.
It is another good example of the influence of tradition.
No, kc, the book of Hebrews does not tell us that. It may tell you that, because you are reading it in separation from the Apostolic Succession. On the contrary, the book Hebrews affirms the eternal and Melkezetide priesthood of Christ, and those that are grafted into HIm.
