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From: elwell@osu-eddie.UUCP (Clayton M. Elwell)
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Subject: Eucharistic practices
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 12:26:22 EST
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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?


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				Ohio State University
				CIS Computing Facility

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