Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!osu-eddie!elwell From: elwell@osu-eddie.UUCP (Clayton M. Elwell) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Eucharistic practices Message-ID: <101@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 12:26:22 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.101 Posted: Tue Feb 12 12:26:22 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 00:57:18 EST Distribution: net Organization: Ohio State Univ., CIS Dept., Cols, Oh. Lines: 33 Vince's recent posting has raised my curiousity. I am a member of the Episcopal church. For those unfamiliar with it, the Episcopal church is the north american equivalent of the Anglican church (also called the Church of England). We are catholic (note small "c"), but not Roman Catholic. Episcopal liturgy and theology is very close to the Roman church in a great many respects (there are differences, but most of them are relatively minor). There are problems with papal infallibility, transsubtantiation, and the like, but we get along with each other pretty well. I am curious to know more about the problems the Roman church has with the ordination of Episcopal priests. My guess would be that the Anglican bishops were no longer considered duly ordained after the beak with Rome during the reign of Henry VIII, but this strikes me as a rather political decision. Also, the Roman and Episcopal celebrations of Eucharist are as far as I can tell essentially identical (especially since Vatican II and the Revised Book of Common Prayer). Granted, we pray for our Presiding Bishop instead of the Pope, but aside from that I can think of no real difference off hand. Even the wordings and order of events are incredibly close. What is the basic problem? History? -- Clayton Elwell Ohio State University CIS Computing Facility ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!elwell Elwell@Ohio-State.CSNET Elwell%Ohio-State@CSNet-Relay.ARPA