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May 18th, 2008
Catholic teaching holds that abortion is always immoral. This is a strongly held position and dates back to the earliest days of the Church. For example, the Didache, the earliest known book of basic instructions ... |
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May 18th, 2008
The Episcopal Church belongs to the Anglican Communion, a world-wide family of Churches. The Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church both follow the Bible and the traditional Christian creeds, celebrate the seven sacraments, and have ... |
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May 18th, 2008
There is a lot of discussion and debate in the church today about the question you raise. On September 1, 2002, a Christian Scholars Group published the following consensus statement:
"For centuries, Christians claimed that ... |
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May 18th, 2008
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) is not considered an orthodox Christian church by the Catholic church or by other mainline Protestant churches. This is largely due to it's addition of ... |
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May 18th, 2008
You are correct in sensing that there is more unity than difference in the way Catholics and Lutherans understand and celebrate communion. In fact, since the second Vatican Council there has been a "coming together" ... |
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May 18th, 2008
I've found nothing in the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church indicating that Protestant spouses cannot be buried with their Catholic spouse in a Catholic cemetery. The only hitch would be if burial ... |
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May 18th, 2008
The Catholic Church recognizes the validity of other Christian baptisms if they involve water by immersion, pouring or sprinkling, and if they are done "in the name of the Father and of the Son and ... |
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May 18th, 2008
I just read an article on a website which spoke of women deacons and female priests. If Christ is the Bridegroom and the priest is in persona Christi, how could a female fill this role in the Church? The matter of women deacons is in a different state in the Catholic Church from that of women priests. Pope John Paul II stated that it was not possible for women to be ordained as ... |
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May 18th, 2008
The answer is: much later than we might think!
The early church seems to have avoided any titles for Christians, except for the egalitarian "brother" and "sister." Matthew's gospel, which is very concerned about the ... |
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May 18th, 2008
I'm not sure I completely understand your question, but I can certainly understand the sadness and frustration in your experience of wanting to minister the Sacraments and not having your desire supported by the Church. ... |
