Posted by greenhornet on April 8, 2005, at 21:27:59
In reply to Re: The Catholic Church, posted by Miss Honeychurch on February 22, 2005, at 14:04:01
> This truly sounds awful. As a Catholic myself, I feel so much of Catholic dogma keeps people away from the church instead of embracing them.
>
> You mentioned that you had "lost your faith," but then you said there was no way that you would be rebaptised. I'm a little confused by this since it seems maybe you aren't too attached to one particular religion.
>
> Anglican and Catholocism are so similar. I think the Pope is the only difference.
>
> It seems like the only thing you can do is be rebaptised. Would this make your children very happy? Also, would you have enough time to go through classes etc. to do this BEFORE the first communion?
>
> It all sounds so ridiculous to me. I'm sorry you have to deal with this. But it seems as if they aren't budging which would make me think the only thing to do is become Catholic. However, am I right in interpreting that that is completely out of the question?Miss Honeychuch--
As one who has been both, there are ALOT more differences between Catholics and Anglicans beyond the Pope's leadership and infallability.
ie: status of The Blessed Mother (Mary),
married clergy,
female clergy,
Anglicans condone openly homosexual clergy and marriage,
divorce is OK for Anglicans,
belief in transubstantation (the Real Presence) at the Eucharist is not uniform or required among Anglicans -- and more GH
poster:greenhornet
thread:461455
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faith/20050312/msgs/481833.html