tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post2423531971905616066..comments2023-10-07T09:34:47.507-05:00Comments on Aggie Catholics: Catholic Unity vs Protestantism?Marcelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-45242388973657623672012-03-12T16:56:01.284-05:002012-03-12T16:56:01.284-05:00The idea of a uniform liturgical worship (rite) is...The idea of a uniform liturgical worship (rite) is something that was unheard of in the Latin Church until after the Protestant Revolt. We are very accustomed to the Latin Rite (should it even be called that now since we hardly hear Latin, but I digress), but there are different styles of worship and doctrinal emphases of believed truths, and they are mostly geographically based. Different areas developed different customs, and usually these were formalized by the Catholic bishop(s) of the area. You had entire missals that were for certain areas, and were not used anywhere else. And that was perfectly fine. Rigid uniformity in worship was not a priority back then. After the Council of Trent, only those Catholic rites that were 200 years or older would be allowed to continue (IOW, there were a lot more rites back then than there are now). This uniformity was done to protect and regulate doctrinal integrity (the more expressions of a faith that have to be monitored, the more chance that confusion would set in among the Catholics being proselytized by new Protestants).<br /><br />Just remember that these rites are regional expressions of the same Catholic doctrines, preached by Catholic bishops and priests, with the same Catholic loyalties to the Pope in Rome. <br /><br />Luther and Calvin attacked the doctrines themselves, and thereby created new religions.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623178558385901138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-91626104256554999912012-03-06T13:15:00.999-06:002012-03-06T13:15:00.999-06:00Hauerwas rocks.Hauerwas rocks.bullschuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09440787016495359863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-36138216187752203732010-01-01T10:58:21.154-06:002010-01-01T10:58:21.154-06:00There are two big differences between Anglicans an...There are two big differences between Anglicans and the Orthodox: 1) Anglican orders were declared null and void because the loss of the intention to do what the Catholic Church does in ordination. This has not happened in Orthodoxy; they maintain a strong belief in the sacrament of Holy Orders. 2) Many Anglican bishops are married, and cannot become Catholic bishops. The Anglican ordinariates allow a structure where a married priest can be an ordinary. Orthodox bishops are all celibate, so this is not an issue for reunion with Orthodox churches.<br /><br />I don't know about the unnamed Roman bishop you mentioned, but I think it is pretty clear that a reunion with the Russian Orthodox would look more like the other Eastern rites than what was done with the Anglicans.Greg Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290074804358990591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-15634060746336963712009-11-22T21:52:45.437-06:002009-11-22T21:52:45.437-06:00Understanding the different rites and churches hel...Understanding the different rites and churches helps ecumenism with the East. Misguided Romans would have Easterners become Latinized in the name of unity, but the council specifically charged Eastern Catholics to restore their traditions that had been discouraged.<br /><br />I was astonished to read a Roman bishop suggesting that the upcoming Anglican ordinariates would be a good model for reunion with the Russian Orthodox. I find the suggestion appalling and I hope that the Russian Orthodox bishops don't read it because it's contrary to Catholic belief. We esteem the Orthodox Churches as churches in their own right.stceolfrithtxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369240659677103435noreply@blogger.com