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Hi all, I'm interested in hearing stories of people who moved into liberal Christianity, and especially why they are Christian rather than agnostic or some other religion. I participated in this forum around 10 years ago as a Catholic; at that time in my life I tried to be as orthodox a...

Are there any good audio daily office podcasts or sites? I know some good ones for the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours (particularly divineoffice.org) but nothing like that for the Episcopal office.

Both the Episcopal Daily Office and the Catholic Liturgy of the Hours make heavy use of the Psalms, but I have a hard time praying some of them because they seem more suited to an ancient-world tribal God than the Christian God. Psalm 136 is a good example, with a structure that has many verses...

Would it be possible to construct a valid Mass around one of the classical Mass settings (i.e. Bach's "Mass in B Minor" or Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis")? Obviously the settings are usually too lengthy to do this on a regular basis, but I think it would be quite an experience to have a real Mass...

Some people speak of the "Black Mass" as if it's something that frequently occurs in modern times, and that Eucharists are often stolen for this purpose. What is the evidence for this? I would assume this is part of the same "satanic scare" that resulted in the Satanic Ritual Abuse myths of...

Does a non-Catholic Baptism "count"? What about a non-Catholic Confirmation? -Chris

The widely-used St. Joseph (I think) Bible has a set of standard notes which are used in many different editions. The Bibles have the Imprimatur, so theoretically they should be OK to use. The notes, however, are much more liberal than I would have thought such a widely used Bible would be...

I know I'm not alone in this (hopefully I'm not alone on this board in saying this), but I don't believe everything that the Catholic church teaches. When I say this, I don't necessarily mean an *active* disbelief for all the issues, just a lack of real faith/belief. The basics I believe. I...

As you can see from my little icon above, I live in Japan now. While Christianity is not all that common here, there are some Catholic churches around. The problem is that none of the ones I know of have English masses. While my level of Japanese is somewhat high, it's probably not high...

It's been quite a while since I posted here. I was wondering if other people like Beethoven's Missa Solemnis as much as I do. Beethoven is my favorite composer, and I really feel like he created something very spiritual with this music. I particulary love the final passage of the Credo (the...

How do you tend to look at supposed contradictions between the Gospel accounts? Just as an example, take Judas' death -- the account in Acts and the account in the Gospels do not match up. One common explanation is to force them to match up by claiming that Judas hung himself over the edge...

Did anyone notice that the Bible passages tool at the top of every page is missing some books? ;) -Chris

I knew that my great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather had been Methodist preachers, but I guess my great-grandfather was actually a bishop. I found some information on the web about them: [/B] [/B] I wonder what they would think of me being a Catholic. I'll have to ask them some...

First off, let me say that I am using the Catholic portion of the boards for this post because I want Catholic viewpoints. If you are a Protestant, please do not respond to this thread. What does the Catechism mean when it says that "the plan of salvation also includes muslims" (or whatever...

A lot of people use "Bible in a year" plans, but I've increasingly come to the opinion that none of them are really satisfactory. The problem is that you spend a huge amount of time on the Old Testament, and little time on the NT. I saw a plan on the Internet that was a two year plan --...

Here's a neat site: http://www.veritas.org.sg/presentation_ministries/reflections/byear.html I've started doing this (even though I missed the first 10 or so days). It's an interesting plan because it's a little more varied and interesting to me than the usual "Start from Genesis and read...

OK, I have read the Catechism parts on birth control and some of the Pope's words in it, but I find it rather vague and a bit confusing. Artificial birth control is condemned, that's very clear. But what about getting a vasectomy? How about coitus interruptus? Some quotes from a Pope...

So I'm approaching the first "big holiday" (in the Catholic sense) since I started going to church again. There are apparently four different options for the Christmas mass -- vigil mass, midnight mass, dawn mass, and mass during the day. Which of these should I go to? Should (or can) I go...