tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post1159025412677629006..comments2024-03-23T18:12:43.833+00:00Comments on Once I Was A Clever Boy: Ordinariate EvensongOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-60561793310111638212012-11-07T23:04:56.133+00:002012-11-07T23:04:56.133+00:00I shan't be joining the Ordinariate but thanks...I shan't be joining the Ordinariate but thanks for the offer anyway. As much as I despise the Church of England's liberal direction, it is still possible to keep the evangelical faith alive in some quarters within the established Church, if you try hard enough. If you believe in the two things that Anglicans really should believe, a) the sufficiency of scripture and b) salvation by faith alone, I see absolutely no reason why you would want to enrol in the Roman Catholic Church, which is very legalistic in nature and practice. <br /><br />Do you really think, really, that teachings as dubious as the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption (of Mary, allegedly 'ever Virgin') are necessary for salvation? They aren't explicit enough in scripture, surely, for a just God to make this the case? And do you really believe that the Bishop of Rome, by virtue of his inheritance of the See of Peter, has the godlike power of making infallible declarations?<br /><br />This is what Anglo-Catholics thinking about the Ordinariate really need to consider, very carefully. Yes, you can be assured of apostolic succession, but you must realize that Rome is a fundamentally different religion. If Rome is just a refuge for you because the Bishops are more conservative, then you're not being true to your Christian faith. anglican dissenternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-9353827216669007642012-10-31T11:52:59.517+00:002012-10-31T11:52:59.517+00:00So what does the Ordinariate offer - Evening Pra...So what does the Ordinariate offer - Evening Prayer. the English Hymnal, but the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite? A rather scanty anglican patrimony indeed. Would not traditional anglicans be much more at home with the Tridentine Mass? Frederick Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106669441369527118noreply@blogger.com