tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post113731967869892457..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Catholic Ecumenism and the Elephant in the Room (I)Fr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-73426925814970234582017-07-16T07:14:14.696-04:002017-07-16T07:14:14.696-04:00I think if there were reunion everyone would have ...I think if there were reunion everyone would have to agree to leave with God the issue of who was the One True Church while we were separate. No one asks which of the three popes and his followers were the one true church. <br /><br />With respect to principle 4, have you read Unitatis Redintegratio? <br /><br />eulogoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307036781446427993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-11351561532454118762012-08-03T15:10:37.403-04:002012-08-03T15:10:37.403-04:00In response to Fr. Robert Hart. When I became Orth...In response to Fr. Robert Hart. When I became Orthodox, I built on the foundation laid by the instructions that I received when I became an Episcopalian when I was 16. I did not have to reject what I was taught except for matters dealing with ecclesiology. Even when I went to seminary, I did not have to reject what I was taught in the Episcopal Church, I did have to go into more depth than a class for converts can do, but I did not have to reject the basic doctrines and practices taught at St. John's Episcopal Church in Oklahoma City in the late 60s. However, when I got a job teaching at a small college in Texas the local Episcopal Church practiced a very different religion than St. John's in Oklahoma City. Back then St. John's was closer to Orthodoxy than it was to Grace Church in Georgetown, Texas. That is what I mean. I might very well have become a continuing Anglican in 1976 had that possibility presented itself, but it did not, so I became Orthodox. I still respect High Church Anglicanism. I guess that is why I am such a strong supporter of the Orthodox Western Rite, although I am an Eastern Rite priest. <br /><br />The Very Rev. John W. MorrisArchpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-26731485572047958542012-08-03T00:33:21.359-04:002012-08-03T00:33:21.359-04:00There is a web site that has links to two differen...There is a web site that has links to two different descriptions of the beliefs of traditional Anglicanism. One states that Anglicans recognize the first four Ecumenical Councils. The other states that Anglicans recognize all seven Ecumenical Councils. That is what I mean when I write that every Anglican group has its own unique definition of traditional Anglican doctrine.<br /><br />Fr. John W. MorrisArchpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-6860086448904329332012-07-30T15:26:27.904-04:002012-07-30T15:26:27.904-04:00What?What?Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-4151668449390339832012-07-30T15:02:30.682-04:002012-07-30T15:02:30.682-04:00It is quite possible for East and West to unite. T...It is quite possible for East and West to unite. There are already Western Rite Orthodox Churches. East and West were united for the first 1,000 years of Church history and can be again. Unity can easily be achieved by Orthodoxy and Rome, if Rome is willing to unite on the basis of the teachings of the Church before the Roman Schism. That means that innovations such as universal papal supremacy, purgatory and indulgences, and other such innovations must be redefined to return to the beliefs and practices of the ancient undivided Church. Great progress is being made through the Orthodox Catholic Ecumenical dialogues. What confuses Orthodox about Anglicanism is that every Anglican or continuing Anglican group has a different definition of Anglicanism. There are Anglicans who are very close to Orthodoxy, but there are also Anglicans who are definitely Protestant. <br /><br />Fr. John W. MorrisArchpriest John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248014086614317924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1137328181868143862006-01-15T07:29:00.000-05:002006-01-15T07:29:00.000-05:00Please, pretty please, put a line between every pa...Please, pretty please, put a line between every paragraph. :-)<BR/><BR/>I think they were there in the original. Hope so. Perhaps the internet ether has swallowed them. I wouldn't be surprised.<BR/><BR/>Computers, gotta love 'em.<BR/><BR/>MK+Fr Matthew Kirbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386951752314314095noreply@blogger.com