Rite of Christian Initiation

[Elden]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Eldan:

Good. I'd rather not have to be baptised a third time.

Already been baptised twice ??? I thought no christian denomination baptised you when you were already baptised in another but I guess I'm wrong

[Ben Kenobi]

Mennonites re-baptise, because they require believer's baptism. They used to get burned for this long ago.

[Jon Miller]

my church accepts some baptisms and not others

not sure what the difference is (I doubt if we accept Catholic ones)

note that this has fairly little bearing, the only person I knew who had troubels with this (did not want to rebaptise) was very active in the church (She was upset about the issue, but it did not limit what she could do, to my knowledge)

Jon miller

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Does it apply to anyone seeking to convert to Roman Catholiism? I thought that Episcopals and Anglicans had only to renounce the Queen in favor of the Stuart pretender.

Good question. AFAIK baptism does not need to be redone if you belong to a mainstream church.

One interesting sidelight of this is the catholic church does have some married priests - convert priests from the Episcopalian/Anglican congregations. Their ordinations did not need to be redone AFAIK.

[Imran Siddiqui]

One interesting sidelight of this is the catholic church does have some married priests - convert priests from the Episcopalian/Anglican congregations. Their ordinations did not need to be redone AFAIK.

Interesting. Do they have to remain celebate after their conversion or can they continue to have sex with the wife?

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

One interesting sidelight of this is the catholic church does have some married priests - convert priests from the Episcopalian/Anglican congregations. Their ordinations did not need to be redone AFAIK.

Interesting. Do they have to remain celebate after their conversion or can they continue to have sex with the wife?

They can continue to have sex in this instance. We also have some married non-convert priests, priests from the Eastern Rites.(not talking about Orthodox, there are some Eastern Rite communities that are in communion with Rome)

[Shi Huangdi]

When was the last infalliable teaching of the Pope? They tend to refrain from speaking infalliably.

The last formal exercise of infallibilty as set according to the procedure of Vatican I IIRC was the assumption of the Virgin into heaven. What other teachings of the Church are infallible tends to be a matter of theological debate.

[TheStinger]

The ban on catholic priests marrying has NOTHING to do with scripture or religion.

Its similar to the eating fish on friday business

[Elden]

Originally posted by TheStinger
Its similar to the eating fish on friday business

That is no longer banned, it hasn't been for a few years IIRC

[TheStinger]

It was IIRC never banned, it was compulsory for catholics(although I'm not sure how it was policed) and it had nothing to do with the bible or scripture

[Elden]

Originally posted by TheStinger
It was IIRC never banned, it was compulsory for catholics(although I'm not sure how it was policed) and it had nothing to do with the bible or scripture

I meant the "No meat on friday" rule is no longer compulsory, I typed banned by mistake.

BTW - It was no meat on friday - most people had Fish and Chips but that was never compulsory IIRC.

[Alexander's Horse]

If you don't refrain from meat you're supposed to another penance.

My favorite is having beer with lunch

[Elden]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
If you don't refrain from meat you're supposed to another penance.

My favorite is having beer with lunch

As I said that is no longer a rule.

[Alexander's Horse]

no its a still a rule.

[Elden]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
no its a still a rule.

I have been told it isn't by multiple reliable sources.