Anglican parish opts for Catholicism

Religion | 569 hits | Dec 01 5:04 am | Posted by: Curtman

An Anglican parish in Calgary is taking a leap of faith by becoming the first church in Canada to accept an offer from the Vatican to join the Roman Catholic Church.

Comments

by GreenTiger
Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:30 pm
Hopefully the best of both traditions will emerge.
by kenmore
Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:26 am
Awesome ! I think you will see more of this soon.
by Lemmy
Thu Dec 02, 2010 1:48 am
...because when you're already half-nuts you might as well just go full-blown.
by jeff744
Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:30 am
"kenmore" said
Awesome ! I think you will see more of this soon.

Because same sex marriage should not be allowed?
by gonavy47
Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:00 am
With the defection they get twelve altar boys and a special rate at the no-tell motel chain.
by ShepherdsDog
Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:14 am
With more married priests joining the Catholic faith maybe the Catholic heirarchy will abandon the celibacy bullshit they imposed on their clergy and return to allowing individual clergy members deciding whether or not they want to married or celibate.

1 Timothy 4
1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

Hmmmm. it expressely says in 1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

because 1 Timothy 3:5 says
For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

It also says the same thing for priests. It was a money grab like most things Catholics added on later.
by Gunnair
Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:18 am
"ShepherdsDog" said
With more married priests joining the Catholic faith maybe the Catholic heirarchy will abandon the celibacy bullshit they imposed on their clergy and return to allowing individual clergy members deciding whether or not they want to married or celibate.

One can only hope.
by billypilgrim
Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:16 am
what the hell's the difference? they pull down the photo of elizabeth and put up one of ratzinger in its place? deflecting myths with minutiae.
by BartSimpson
Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:25 am
"billypilgrim" said
what the hell's the difference? they pull down the photo of elizabeth and put up one of ratzinger in its place? deflecting myths with minutiae.

I like Liz tons more than Ratzinger.

He's kind of .
by billypilgrim
Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:35 am
jesus murphy!
by Freakinoldguy
Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:37 am
Welcome home gang it only took you 476 years to figure out that the Pope was the one in charge.
by kenmore
Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:51 am
"jeff744" said
Awesome ! I think you will see more of this soon.

Because same sex marriage should not be allowed?

No! it should
by EyeBrock
Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:57 am
Ahh, Anglicans are fine by me. And they have that English tradition thing on the go.

Jolly good stuff!
by kenmore
Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:05 am
The fact is they are so very close in beliefs that it's hard to define one from the other.