Liturgy

Ordinary Anglicans ... what are those?

aren't all Anglicans extraordinary? ;-)

You mean AngliCANs rather than AngliCANTs?

While I appreciate the 'great silence' of Ordinary Time; the end holds promising excitment to come.

I love baptism so much, I did it twice. (yeah, if I'd known then what I know now, I would have only done it once... but do you score points for enthusiasm?)

Chris, what on earth is this stuff all about?

The Church did not agree on what was in the Bible until the Fourth Century, and still does not agree. The books of the Bible is indeed God's word - to a specific group of persons at a particular time and place. We cannot limit God in accordance with human opinion. God did not stop speaking at the close of the scriptural canon. As Christians, we believe God was revealed to us through Jesus. Thus, Jesus is the litmus test through which we must view God's past and present words to us.

Beautiful!

So I'm not the only one to quote Monty Python. "Alms for an ex-leper" - think that's right.

Mel Gibson thinks the Pope is not catholic and some say that Rome should return to Constantinople. So Rome is peter and peter was married and Rome commands the successors of peter cannot marry because their authority comes from Christ thru peter who was married. If the pope is peter then He would be married

David, your last reflection appears to be unrelated to this post - and seems to be a reflection on the two blog posts "Anglican Rite?" and "marriage and ordination".

I don't know your age, David, but some will remember a time not that long ago when such a statement from Rome would have been startling indeed.

I think you & some others here ... Read Moregrossly overestimate the regularity of Christian reading of the scriptures. To have the leader of half of the world's Christians exhort daily Bible reading is, IMO, significant. I am a little surprised that it is greeted with some negativity and comparisons between different Christian leaders and even Mel Gibson!

"Read, mark, learn, & inwardly digest" will now make me think of chocolate *and* Lectio Divinia

Hi Donna .......
how are you? and where you from?

Thank you so much for putting this information up on Facebook, as you mention many of our Roman brothers & sisters do not know this History.

I thought I already liked this earlier today; maybe you reposted it?!

Do I even KNOW these people?!

Side note~You are such a cutie! ;) I've been wanting to say that.

Big fan of the good hermit; Thomas Merton was a true revolutionary. If only I could have such courage.

"When I ask – what is the theology around this?"
All of the theology seems to be contrary to the tradition:
Levitical priesthood:
Eze 44:22 Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Qualifications of a bishop and deacon.... Read More
Titus 3
Affect of death on the power of the law.
1Chron 7:39
Why isn't this more important than the answer to the question? I mean, why doesn't it preclude or preempt the question, "The contention is that there is no evidence in the Tradition of marriage after ordination. What is the difference between marriage before and marriage after ordination?"

Strange that the ordination ceremony would begin with this warning: "You ought anxiously to consider again and again what sort of a burden this is which you are taking upon you of your own accord. Up to this you are free. You may still, if you choose, turn to the aims and desires of the world" in regards to celibacy, when the church considers marriage a Sacrament, and NOT a "desire of the world".

Enjoyed that... nice tie in to modern times! Are you out to tick alot of people off with saying Mary wasn't ever Virgin? :D HAHA! Well... interesting my friend. Thanks for the thought provoking article.

Blessings. How are you and your family?

-g-

Very thought provoking. Thanks!

So important to stress what we share instead of what divides us.

It's about time.

I read about it, but I am still processing it. Truth be told, this is a lot more detailed than the other articles I read. I go to the episcopal church, but I was raised catholic and I also go to catholic mass sometimes. My big problems with the catholic church are a bit deeper (the fact that many worship Mary more often than Jesus or God). But I also have a problem with those other issues.

I have major issues with the Catholic church (you named one)! Which is why I am not a Catholic. I am happy that in this time of such hate, reconciliation is somewhere.

Peter - I noticed one or two slight differences - but can you explain what the main differences are please - not sure if I should replace it on my blog - or re-embed it for another post - or leave it as it is.

Not too many, I think a grammatical correction and achangr in the way diversity is referenced

Awesome

Beautifully moving...thank you.

A quick Google search shows red, white, green and rose being used, all with some justification...

I understand that out of the four Evangelists, Mark is the only one with a strong tradition of being a martyr.

I love, love, love this! I also love God and my little dog too!

Thank you. And I think it all applies to cats as well even if we don't call God "Tac." Have you seen the book "Guadians of Being:? http://shtuff.muttscomics.com/2009/04/announcing-guardians-of-being.html Mutts comic strip illustrator and Eckhart Tolle collaborate...

writing my blog about it right now, almost ready to publish a few minutes after midnight California time.