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Re: To the common man no, it isn't a major difference Handel Send a noteboard - 26/10/2009 04:55:51 PM
Some do indeed hold that Transubstantiation is logical, whilst others do not care to define it, which is nothing new. Many if not most Anglican Catholics, like the Eastern Orthodox, do not believe a scholastic approach necessary or even helpful. Thus, as an Anglican Catholic, I believe that the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a mystery of Divine provenance. Still, any Catholic Christian may believe the doctrine of Transubstantiation as a pious opinion, and even some Orthodox hold it as a pious opinion. But the Real Presence does not need to be defined in scholastic terms--it is a mystery.

I don't have time to read through the whole thread, but I am well aware of the Holy Father's offer to create personal ordinariates for traditional Anglicans. However, there are a number of problems, not least of which is the fact that Anglicans will be required to become Roman Catholics, and therefore it is not simply intercommunion or corporate reunion, but ultimately absorption, which for most Anglican Catholics is unacceptable. Nevertheless, unity is what Our Lord prayed for, and it is our duty as Christians to work toward unity. The biggest stumbling block is probably the dogma of papal infallibility, defined very late at the first Vatican Council.

Here is a link to an article about Roman Presidency from an Orthodox perspective. It's quite good.
Roman Presidency and Christian Unity in our Time
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Catholic Church reaccepting Anglicans allowing Anglicans to remain Anglicans in most things but name - 25/10/2009 11:15:50 PM 1000 Views
As you noted in your post, it's nothing new. And it's not likely to lead to much. - 26/10/2009 03:35:18 AM 662 Views
I don't know about that, some have already left the communion, and you may have a schism - 26/10/2009 04:27:01 AM 619 Views
As I said, Anglicans have a strong identity. - 26/10/2009 06:29:38 AM 587 Views
definitly agree about the episcoplians - 26/10/2009 01:14:53 PM 622 Views
Wouldn't you say not believing in transubstantiation is an important theological difference? - 26/10/2009 08:39:00 AM 589 Views
To the common man no, it isn't a major difference - 26/10/2009 12:07:25 PM 639 Views
Re: To the common man no, it isn't a major difference - 26/10/2009 04:55:51 PM 893 Views
I was going to mention that... - 26/10/2009 01:08:09 PM 609 Views
It should be noted - 26/10/2009 05:02:23 PM 604 Views
Catholicism = no ordination of women? - 26/10/2009 06:31:44 PM 618 Views
Re: Catholicism = no ordination of women? - 26/10/2009 07:40:45 PM 696 Views
Ah. You're an Anglo-Catholic, then? - 26/10/2009 09:41:03 PM 624 Views
I prefer Anglican Catholic - 26/10/2009 11:41:12 PM 619 Views
what about the congregations that have a woman priest? - 27/10/2009 03:56:45 PM 739 Views
Re: what about the congregations that have a woman priest? - 27/10/2009 04:37:16 PM 624 Views
Calling women in the priesthood a Christological heresy is ridiculous, - 27/10/2009 10:31:02 PM 620 Views
Re: Calling women in the priesthood a Christological heresy is ridiculous, - 28/10/2009 01:26:24 AM 667 Views
So in sum your response is tradition - 28/10/2009 02:50:06 AM 623 Views
Not tradition, but Tradition (capital) - 28/10/2009 04:15:40 PM 841 Views
Yes the priest class of both the old testatment and new testatment has always been male - 28/10/2009 10:22:28 PM 726 Views
Re: Yes the priest class of both the old testatment and new testatment has always been male - 29/10/2009 09:02:36 PM 824 Views
Hun I am a former catholic - 29/10/2009 09:33:45 PM 609 Views
I am a former protestant - 30/10/2009 12:12:57 AM 811 Views

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