Poor Anglican souls
God help the Anglican Communion, or more specifically God help its offshoot, the Episcopal Church, USA. As the reader may know, the Anglican Communion is the result of the schism of Henry VIII because of the Church's refusal to grant him the privilege of an annulment from his lawful wife, Catherine of Aragon.What was born in sin has now lapsed into the bowels of Hell. Not only do the Episcopalians in America freely ordain KNOWN practicing sodomites, but they apparently want to grant them the Sacrament of Matrimony. Since Matrimony meant nothing to Henry VIII, it follows logically that lawful matrimony ought to mean little to his spiritual offspring. (As we can see, it means little to HRH The Prince of Wales, Anglicanism's future titular head.)
There are some Anglican/Epicopalians around the world who are speaking out against these evils, especially from Africa and other parts of the Third World. Thanks to an Anglican friend of mine, (who I have tried for years to lead into the Church's bosom), I even found an online Yahoo Group of so-called "orthodox Epicopalians" who are against these changes in their tradition. Their theological views run the gambit from those who are nearly to their senses, and ready to come home, to one person whose hatred for the Church is so pronounced that they post from the Westminster Confession, a document brimming with loathing for the Holy See. (The Westminster Confession is so bad that it almost makes the reader want to burn the writers.)
Poor souls all. They have not yet learned that a "church" born in schism and sin will produce more schism and worse sins perpetually. I pray for each one of them!
posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 2:45 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Dave, I found your blog over at Catholic Answers and decided to drop in. This topic really hits home for me, since I know some ECUSA members very well. The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina is headed by the very liberal bishop Michael Curry, even though hardly any of the Episcopalians in the state agree. He doesn't respond to the concerns of the more traditional majority at all. It is as if there is no hope for them. My prayers are with them, and I hope they all turn Catholic.
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