question on spiritual formation

I guess this may sound a bit simplistic, but start attending an Anglican church. I am a very simple person, I don't do church politics. It's between yourself and God, I wish you well!

I suggest trying some anglican services and seeing if this may be a spiritual home for you.

Sometimes visiting another's spiritual home is a much needed place of rest that gives us space to reflect upon where we should be now.

Find someone who can act as a trusted spiritual director as you work out where is the right place for you. The anglican church is very wide varying from Forward in faith to liberal congregations. You may feel at home in one type of congregation and not another so take your time to look around and get a feel for your local churches.

Wirraway said:

what is the path for conversion from Roman Catholicism to a churcn in the Anglican Communion?

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The Anglican church is a confederation, rather than a federation, so I can't guarantee that this will apply where you live. The probability is, however, that there will be nothing equivalent to the Catholic RCIA; it will just be assumed that you are sufficiently informed about Christianity by virtue of having been a Catholic. But you will need to be confirmed again.

As for the Eucharist, the real presence is insisted upon, but we are not obliged to interpret that in terms of transubstantiation. Even that rule can be bent in order to accommodate low church evangelicals.

lesliedellow said:

But you will need to be confirmed again.

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no he won't.

lesliedellow said:

But you will need to be confirmed again.

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ebia said:

no he won't.

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It's optional but not mandatory. The normative rite of joining a church is baptism but confirmation is certainly an option.

Cjwinnit said:

It's optional but not mandatory. The normative rite of joining a church is baptism but confirmation is certainly an option.

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Not if he's already baptized & confirmed in the RCC. Anglicans recognize the validity of the sacraments of other episicopally administered churches, including confirmations done by a valid bishop. Just as one is baptized into The Church, not a local church, one is confirmed in The Church, not a local church.

ebia said:

Not if he's already baptized & confirmed in the RCC. Anglicans recognize the validity of the sacraments of other episicopally administered churches, including confirmations done by a valid bishop. Just as one is baptized into The Church, not a local church, one is confirmed in The Church, not a local church.

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Elba is, of course, correct here.

Michael

Flat Eric said:

I guess this may sound a bit simplistic, but start attending an Anglican church. I am a very simple person, I don't do church politics. It's between yourself and God, I wish you well!

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I agree. Go to the church. Internet conversions with no attendance at the targetted church are not only weird, but they don't last. I've seen a lot of church hopping on the internet by people who rarely or never set foot in the church to which they are "converting". Go to church.

Wirraway said:

why would anyone think this is an "internet conversion"? I've said I was attending Anglican services, I was asking for insight here.

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I apologize for jumping to conclusions.

Sorry here too for perhaps not understanding your question Wirraway!

The way I see it is this; I'm in the UK, many Catholic and Anglican churches are almost inseperable in their beliefs and ceremony (down the road there is an Anglican church that I so "High Church" that the Catholic priest told me himself that it's too high for him). The only stumbling block I can see between the Catholic and Anglican church at the moment is the issue of the ordination of women. So, if you live within the parish of the Anglican church you are attending, and the church is broad enough to accept the theology that you hold to, you would already be considered a member.

Maybe it would be good for you to talk to the vicar/priest at the church you attend to talk about the path you are taking.

My only other advice would be; make sure, as far as it depends upon you, to leave the Catholic church on good terms. Stay in contact with friends and strangers from your old church/denomination. As I said in my first post, I wish you well on your journey.

Wirraway said:

what is the path for conversion from Roman Catholicism to a churcn in the Anglican Communion?

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Just start going.

Naomi4Christ said:

Just start going.

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Where have you been??? What's new? It is so good to "see" you.

Wirraway said:

baptized and confirmed.

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Then you will not need to be confirmed again. If you are ordained, you will need to go to the Bishop and see about incardinating into their communion, and they will probably want you to take some courses or at least train for a while with a priest in order to be able to use the BCP to run an Anglican service.

Wirraway said:

what is the path for conversion from Roman Catholicism to a churcn in the Anglican Communion?

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Haha I know I'm new to the Forums, but I'll give it a shot because I've seen this happen last spring. I'm a recently confirmed Anglican myself (in the Episcopal Church). At our Cathedral, which tries to do everything "by the book," there were a couple Catholics who wanted to join us. All they had to do was attend a few new member classes which explained some of the theology and practice. When it was time for new Episcopalians to be Confirmed, the former Catholics were "received" into our Communion rather than Confirmed. Catholic baptisms and confirmations are definitely recognized by Anglicans. The good people who said that you won't need to be confirmed again are correct!

higgs2 said:

Where have you been??? What's new? It is so good to "see" you.

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Great to see you too. Just doing my annual dipping in and out