Comments on: Catholic Church set to welcome Anglicans back into the fold http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/catholic-church-set-to-welcome-anglicans-back-to-the-fold/ A Catholic Social Commentary Fri, 18 May 2012 17:49:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Video: What's up with all the Anglicans becoming Catholic? http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/catholic-church-set-to-welcome-anglicans-back-to-the-fold/comment-page-1/#comment-11917 Video: What's up with all the Anglicans becoming Catholic? Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:52:34 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=2274#comment-11917 [...] posted on this last week. Here is a good video that sums it up [...] [...] posted on this last week. Here is a good video that sums it up [...]

]]> By: David http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/catholic-church-set-to-welcome-anglicans-back-to-the-fold/comment-page-1/#comment-11373 David Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:17 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=2274#comment-11373 Amy, There are many people who move from Catholic Christianity to Evangelical Christianity. There are also many people who move from Evangelical Christianity to Catholic Christianity, I being one. It is a two way street. I would like to paraphrase something Thomas Howard said. "Catholics become Evangelicals because they don't know Catholicism, Evangelicals become Catholics because they do know Evangelicalism/Christianity." Amy, I'm sorry that you have been poorly educated in Catholicism, I can only say read some non-biased material and pray. Amy,

There are many people who move from Catholic Christianity to Evangelical Christianity. There are also many people who move from Evangelical Christianity to Catholic Christianity, I being one. It is a two way street. I would like to paraphrase something Thomas Howard said. “Catholics become Evangelicals because they don’t know Catholicism, Evangelicals become Catholics because they do know Evangelicalism/Christianity.” Amy, I’m sorry that you have been poorly educated in Catholicism, I can only say read some non-biased material and pray.

]]> By: Kristi http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/catholic-church-set-to-welcome-anglicans-back-to-the-fold/comment-page-1/#comment-11367 Kristi Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:34:59 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=2274#comment-11367 Amy - I'm sorry you feel that way about the Catholic Church. As Matthew Warner quoted, this move of the Vatican is a response, not an initiative. These people desire to come into the full communion with the Catholic Church again, and that desire is beautiful and should be encourged. Addressing some of your complaints - though the wording and numbering is slightly different when you compare the two versions of the ten commandments, there is no belief added or taken away in the "Catholic version" when compared to the "Protestant version." We would, of course, agree completely with both versions as being both true and not contradictory to each other. And far from supporting the Nazis, the Catholic Church is responsible for saving tens of thousands of Jewish people during the Nazi persecution. Jewish people themselves have praised the work Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church did in saving lives. One more thing - as sad as the sex abuse scandal is, the fault falls on the individual people who made those choices, not the Catholic Church - which is a divine institution, not merely human. People are not perfect - whatever religion they happen to profess. Amy – I’m sorry you feel that way about the Catholic Church. As Matthew Warner quoted, this move of the Vatican is a response, not an initiative. These people desire to come into the full communion with the Catholic Church again, and that desire is beautiful and should be encourged. Addressing some of your complaints – though the wording and numbering is slightly different when you compare the two versions of the ten commandments, there is no belief added or taken away in the “Catholic version” when compared to the “Protestant version.” We would, of course, agree completely with both versions as being both true and not contradictory to each other. And far from supporting the Nazis, the Catholic Church is responsible for saving tens of thousands of Jewish people during the Nazi persecution. Jewish people themselves have praised the work Pope Pius XII and the Catholic Church did in saving lives. One more thing – as sad as the sex abuse scandal is, the fault falls on the individual people who made those choices, not the Catholic Church – which is a divine institution, not merely human. People are not perfect – whatever religion they happen to profess.

]]> By: Pope Benedict’s New Ecumenism « SCRIPTORIUM http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/catholic-church-set-to-welcome-anglicans-back-to-the-fold/comment-page-1/#comment-11351 Pope Benedict’s New Ecumenism « SCRIPTORIUM Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:07:24 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=2274#comment-11351 [...] correct the over-emphasis on ecumenical dialogue as an instrument for restoring Christian unity, by reinvigorating a “second channel”–and an older and frankly surer one–for bringing back unity among Christians. As Father [...] [...] correct the over-emphasis on ecumenical dialogue as an instrument for restoring Christian unity, by reinvigorating a “second channel”–and an older and frankly surer one–for bringing back unity among Christians. As Father [...]

]]> By: Amy http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/catholic-church-set-to-welcome-anglicans-back-to-the-fold/comment-page-1/#comment-11331 Amy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:05:13 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=2274#comment-11331 That is a bold move but beware of the Catholic Church. I used to be Catholic but then I stopped practicing after I found out some disturbing truth. Some say the papacy is the antichrist. They changed the ten commandments which is the Law of God, the Pope claims to be a god, they have killed innocent people for centuries like the Spanish Inquisition and supporting the Nazis, and the priests have molested a lot of children. That is not Christian, that is evil hiding behind religion. Why do they have so many followers?!! People really need to open their eyes. I know I did!!! That is a bold move but beware of the Catholic Church. I used to be Catholic but then I stopped practicing after I found out some disturbing truth. Some say the papacy is the antichrist. They changed the ten commandments which is the Law of God, the Pope claims to be a god, they have killed innocent people for centuries like the Spanish Inquisition and supporting the Nazis, and the priests have molested a lot of children. That is not Christian, that is evil hiding behind religion. Why do they have so many followers?!! People really need to open their eyes. I know I did!!!

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