Tag Archives: Catechism of the Catholic Church

What Kind of Church Are You Attending?

14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give … Continue reading

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Maybe Not All of the Anglican Patrimony

Anglican Patrimony appears to be quite a fluid term. Different individuals have different definitions, and others are wondering which one is accurate. Having spent years in Protestant circles looking at Anglicanism (and Episcopalianism) from the outside, as well as having … Continue reading

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Freedom and Obedience

Thank you, Father Tomlinson. Now let's dispel another myth: the myth that full communion can be achieved while dissenting from doctrine. Here we are in the summer after Anglicanorum coetibus. One would think that, in the months that AC has … Continue reading

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Gleanings from the Catechism VI

As I present these morsels from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, I hope that even after these few they have fostered an appreciation for the depth of the teaching it contains.  Additionally, it has been my desire to begin … Continue reading

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What Sort of Catholic Church? (Part II)

Since writing What Sort of Catholic Church?, I have been inundated with comments from intégriste Catholics who appear to have set up a new home-made Sodalitium Pianum among themselves. It is understandable that they see it as their duty to … Continue reading

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Bishop Edwin's Interview with InfoCatólica

A few days ago, Bruno Moreno of the Spanish-language online newspaper InfoCatólica submitted an interview request in the form of a comment on Bishop Barnes' post First Things First asking for him or another contributor from The Anglo-Catholic to share … Continue reading

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Where Were You In 1977?

I have found this article in the Diocesan Circular of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada (July 2010). I reproduce it without further comment. * * * An Article by Father Michael Shier So where were you in 1977, when … Continue reading

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Gleanings from the Catechism IV

In the catechetical discussion of our profession of faith, specifically articulated in the Apostle's Creed, several aspects of what we believe and how they relate to the Church are proposed.  Initially, a definition of faith is provided (143): By faith, … Continue reading

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Exploring Doctrine: The Immaculate Conception

Archbishop Fulton Sheen famously said, “There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church…”  He was referring, of … Continue reading

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Clarification from Archbishop Hepworth

6th June 2010 1. On Wednesday of last week, a preliminary report on the recent meeting of the Anglican Church in America's House of Bishops and Executive Council was posted to The Anglo-Catholic in my name. 2. Though the reports … Continue reading

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Gleanings from the Catechism III

The Interpretation of the Heritage of the Faith The apostles entrusted the "Sacred deposit" of the faith (the depositum fidei), contained in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, to the whole of the Church.  "By adhering to [this heritage] the entire holy … Continue reading

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Patience and Confident Trust Are Needed

It is understandable that there should be some nervous discussion about what the new Ordinariates will look like and which countries will be involved first.  After all, people are looking at the way their religious future will work out in the context of their understandable attachment … Continue reading

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Gleanings from the Catechism II

Catechism of the Catholic Church (36): "Our holy mother, the Church, holds and teaches that God…can be known with certainty from the created world by the natural light of human reason." Without this capacity, man would not be able to … Continue reading

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Gleanings from the Catechism

I am occasionally captivated by the subject matter presented on this forum.  The contributors possess a depth and breadth of interests and academic specialties that avail the readership of an extensive array of topics into which to delve.  As was … Continue reading

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The Official Doctrinal Statement of Our Communion

In the post The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Papal Infallibility, and the TAC of January 15, 2010, published just prior to the public release of the full text of the Portsmouth Petition, I addressed the doctrinal status of the … Continue reading

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