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Hi, I am a Catholic who has questions about the Orthodox view on private revelation. A lot of Catholic devotions (Rosary, Brown Scapular, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Miraculous Medal etc) all come from private revelations to various people. Catholics are not obliged to believe in them but are...

After reading this thread, I realise that the Lutheran view of salvation is different to the Reformed view. I don't really understand the rejection of "decision theology". What would you do if you were witnessing to a friend and telling them how Jesus died for their sins and they can have...

I was reading the bulletin of a Lutheran church here in NZ and there was an article about the Pope's call for unity between Roman Catholics and Lutherans. This got me thinking, how do conservative Lutherans like LCMS and WELS view these statements? I have read that Luther taught that the Pope is...

So I've been attending a Reformed church for almost the last 4 years and have come to understand a bit of Reformed theology. However, last Saturday I visited a Lutheran church on vacation and really liked it, even though the pastor was sick and there wasn't Communion. Being a former...

Hi, I'm a Reformed Christian interested in Lutheranism. I have a couple of questions on the Lutheran view of baptism. It does seem hard to reconcile the Reformed view on baptism with Colossians 2:12 which speaks of being buried with Christ in baptism. Do Lutherans believe that baptism...

In the thread on the best edition of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, it was mentioned that this edition was the best. However, the first review mentioned that it was very poorly laid out for Kindle users. In light of this, which digital version of Calvin's institutes would be best...

As a former Roman Catholic and Anglican, I have gotten used to the idea of praying for the dead. When I hear that anyone has died, I say the "Eternal Rest" prayer. Now that I'll be attending a Reformed church, is there a problem with that? Is it acceptable for Calvinists to ask God to grant...

For those who are of a more Anglo-Catholic bent (as I seem to be), which Bible translation would be the best? I personally have several different translations, but the ones I'd think would be among the best would be: Orthodox Study Bible (OT= Septuagint translation; NT = NKJV)...

I know that the Anglican Communion encompasses a wide variety of views and that there isn't one agreed position on everything. The Anglican church round the road from my house has the following in its "What we believe" statement: Believing in the Christian religion without rejecting the...

Tonight I attended a Bible study run by the pastor of a local Baptist church. They use only the KJV on the grounds that the manuscripts that it is based on (Textus Receptus) are more accurate than the Westcott-Hort text (and the Nestle-Aland text). They also claim that Codex Sinaiticus and Codex...

I didn't think that predestination was in the Bible at all until a few days ago, when I listened to an episode of Matt Slick's radio show (accessible from carm.org) and later looked in the Bible and found that indeed, Romans 8:29-30 teaches predestination. "For whom he did foreknow, he also...

I'm curious to know if there is such a thing as "Eastern Rite Anglicanism", that is, Anglican churches which are fully Anglican (in communion with Canterbury) but that use an Eastern rite of worship (Byzantine, Coptic, Chaldean etc) and have their churches arranged in an Eastern way (Iconostasis...

I'm curious to know if Messianic Jews have to be 'ethnically Jewish' (i.e. born of a Jewish mother or if non-Jews can become Messianic Jews. I know that Judaism has a halachic conversion process which involves going before a beit din, circumcision (for a man) and immersion in a mikvah, but does...

Greetings everyone, I was wondering if anyone could direct me to any settings of the Missa de Angelis in English, particularly SATB? I love the Mass setting, but I attend an Anglican church. Any help here would be good.

Being a very traditional type of person, I personally prefer the term "Holy Ghost". However, it doesn't seem to be used much these days, having been replaced largely by "Holy Spirit". The only place I can definitely remember hearing the term "Holy Ghost" is at Masses said by priests from the...

From other posts on this forum, several Anglicans have identified as Catholic but not Roman Catholic. I'm wondering, what other doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church do you reject in addition to papal supremacy, papal infallibility and Purgatory/the Treasury of Merits?

I am planning to go to confession. I have never confessed to an Anglican priest and I'm not sure of the specifics. I have been to confession many times in the Roman Catholic Church, so I am familiar with the concept. However, I do have some questions. 1. As far as I know, Anglicans don't have a...

I know that Anglo-Catholics follow many of the practices that Roman Catholics do. Do any of you here wear a Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and/or a Miraculous Medal? (For those of you who aren't familiar with the Miraculous Medal, it is a small oval-shaped medal with a representation...

How do you as Anglicans feel about Gospel tracts (not the Jack Chick ones, but ones outlining the basic message of salvation)? As far as I can tell, they put forward an Evangelical perspective emphasising the personal reception of Jesus Christ as one's personal Saviour. I remember seeing one...

I'm curious to find out if there are any Pentecostal/Assemblies of God churches that use traditional worship (i.e. traditional hymns from hymn books played on an organ, possibly with the use of a choir, an altar/table at the front of the church etc). I know that the majority of Pentecostal...