:: followers of Martin Luther ::
Yo! Papa Benny! You just “lost” all the real Lutherans with that rhetoric.
This Former Catholic turned Lutheran will never “go back” no matter how many articles like this are on FR.
I am keeping an eye out on these folks:
http://www.nordiskkatolsk.no/Sentrale%20sider%20-%20engelsk/index.htm
Bishop Roald Flemstad spoke at Forward in Faith along with some of the flying bishops who are now in the English Ordinariate.
and we’ll throw in a 30% discount on Indulgences to sweeten the deal...
The creation of an ordinariate – intended for those groups of Anglicans that wish to join the Catholic Church but also maintain their own identity – was “not Rome’s idea; it originates in the Anglican Church,”
If someone goes to Rome, they should do it whole hog and eyes open. Pray'n to saints and Mary, indulgences, statues, superstitions and scapulars, all of it.
Seems to me the gist of the issue at hand is this: no single person or entity speaks for something called “Lutheranism”. Not individual Lutherans nor the heads of the various splinter synods. If individual Lutheran congregations (or even groups of congregations) became disgruntled with Lutheranism for whatever reason and approached the Vatican for an Anglican-type ordinariate, there would be nothing or no one within Lutheranism to stop them. If other Lutherans are confident in the truth of their beliefs, then they shouldn’t fear any type of voluntary exodus from their church. That’s what Protestants always say to Catholics, anyway.
We will welcome them with open arms.
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“The Holy Father looked for a solution and found a wide-reaching one which took into account the Anglican Church’s ecclesial and liturgical traditions. If the Lutherans made a similar request - he went on to say - we will have to consider their situation carefully. But the initiative remains in the hands of the Lutherans.”
This sounds like a draconian threat. I mean this guy has legions of albino monk assassins at hand, as well as a supercomputer with all the Protestant names and locations. A guy with those resources then says that he would only consider making a special provision for a group wanting to join his group if and when that group asks for such a provision? We can only imagine the carnage if such a group decides not to ask.
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