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    Preparation for communion?

    I agree with this. A person who is baptized becomes part of the body of Christ and the priesthood of all believers, and knows that she or he is a sinner and is sorry for sin and wishes to be free from it. The general confession during the liturgy satisfies the requirement, since we all believe...
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    Sexual Sin

    I don't believe the use of artificial contraception is even part of the teaching of the Anglican Church. But the other things you've mentioned are, yes, harmful societal issues. That said, I believe it is less about homosexual or heterosexual and more about committed, responsible, lifelong...
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    Apostolic Succession, Transubstantiation, and the Eucharist

    I feel this is most reasonable. It is certainly most closely my own position on the matter.
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    Sunday Attendance

    As Christians, we are all expected to keep holy the Sabbath. Ideally, this is in church where communal worship is offered up to God by his people as his Church. Not going should be a rare exception -- but Ann is right, there are no Sunday Attendance Police out there waiting to pounce if you...
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    Apostolic Succession, Transubstantiation, and the Eucharist

    The Roman Catholic Church relies on the doctrine of apostolic succession to claim an exclusive jurisdiction over the Church Universal; only its priests are able to confect the Eucharist, pronounce the absolution of sins (or refuse to do so,) etc... and all through an unbroken line of Laying on...
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    low church -high church?

    Albion pretty much said it all. I have learned to feel comfortable in both high church and low church groups, and I find the diversity refreshing. To be honest, I tend towards high church (which is really a lot more ceremonial in the Anglican church than the typical Catholic experience,) but...
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    Why Celibacy for Catholic Priests and Nuns?

    It's true that other rites of the Catholic Church do have married clergy -- but they are tolerated, not encouraged. A dear friend of mine, a married Byzantine Catholic deacon, has been seeking ordination to the priesthood for years. The Church highly frowns upon it and makes it very difficult...
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    Prayer rule

    Are you addressing us as a group of people when you say "you?" I'm confused about where you're coming from. And how do you know who has refused God?
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    Prayer rule

    I was Roman Catholic from 2006 until slightly after Easter this year. I'm in my third year of vows, actually, as a novice eremitic (which is sort of like an Anglican solitary, or an anchoress) and part of my rule of life was to pray the major hours of the Liturgy of the Hours (Matins, Lauds...
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    Prayer rule

    By Diving Office and Liturgy of the Hours, do you mean the same set used in the Roman Catholic Church, or is there one especially for Anglican use?
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    On Closed Communion

    Have you ever been in an awkward situation, with guests you brought to Mass or with visitors from other Christian churches, where you found yourself a bit sad that they were not invited or allowed to receive the Eucharist? Outside Church teaching on the matter, how do you personally feel about...
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    Episcopal Church Approves Gay Couples' Same-Sex Blessings

    Paul's letters were addressed to early Christians within the context of their contemporary social norms and structures. If his words are evidence of anything, it is that the Holy Spirit was guiding him to proclaim the gospel (Jesus is God, he paid the price for sin's mortal effects on our...