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Westminster Abbey was stolen!
catholicism.org ^ | 10.12.04

Posted on 11/27/2017 7:19:35 PM PST by Coleus

Westminster Abbey was stolen! As is the case with all ancient English churches, monasteries, or convents presently in the hands of the Anglicans, the famed Abbey where English monarchs are crowned and buried, was once the property of a Catholic institution. Westminister Abbey was a Benedictine monastery. While the Catholic origin of the Abbey may be well-known, especially in England, many people are unaware of who the Abbey’s heavenly patron.

The Abbey dates back at least to the eighth century, but possibly before. During the time of King Saint Edward the Confessor (1003-1066), it had already been in existence as a Benedictine Monastery for about two hundred years. During an exile in Normandy, King Edward made a vow that he would go on pilgrimage to Rome, to the tomb of St. Peter. Being unable to keep this vow, for reasons of state, he requested that the pope absolve him of it.

 Pope Leo IX commuted the vow, but under certain conditions, one of them being that Edward build or restore, in England, an abbey in honor of St. Peter. This he did by rebuilding the Abbey at Westminster. The relics of the Sainted King are still enshrined at the Abbey, where they are in the company of the earthly remains of many other English Monarchs, some Catholic, but mostly Protestant.

Regarding these latter, we make an observation. The day of the General Judgment will present the awesome spectacle of a royal reprobate honor-guard lining up to escort the Papist King-Saint as he rises to assume his everlasting throne in glory. O day of wrath!

Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath, by Canaletto, 1749 (source)

Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath, by Canaletto, 1749 (source)



TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: cathedral; catholic; england; reformation; westminsterabbey
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Westminster Abbey was formerly a Catholic Church, but in the English Reformation (by 1559) it was transformed (along with much other Church property in the British Isles) into the Anglican Church.

The Queen should give Westminster Abbey back to the Catholic Church.

1 posted on 11/27/2017 7:19:35 PM PST by Coleus
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To: Coleus

England Swings By Roger Miller (with recent video clips..)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJ2CU13bq0


2 posted on 11/27/2017 7:23:44 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Coleus

Roger Miller - Chug A Lug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cskYv6oiH4c


3 posted on 11/27/2017 7:27:48 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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lol, good ones!


4 posted on 11/27/2017 7:30:12 PM PST by Coleus (For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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The Queen should give Westminster Abbey back to the Catholic Church.

And do you also expect the Roman church to right every wrong it did during the past 1600 years??

History moves on. I suggest you do also. Life is better when you live in the present.

5 posted on 11/27/2017 7:30:51 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Coleus

After the Catholics help get back the churches stolen by islamists...

Funny how some lately want to restart the crusades but only against Protestants... you know, the usual suspects in Christ...


6 posted on 11/27/2017 7:31:28 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: Coleus

Nearly 500 years on, looks like an Anglican church to me and one of the jewels of the Queen’s properties.


7 posted on 11/27/2017 7:32:47 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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before the mooselimbs get to turn it into a mosque.


8 posted on 11/27/2017 7:36:12 PM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.Ever.)
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before the mooselimbs get to turn it into a mosque.>>>>

Like thed did with the first stolen Catholic cathedral, the
Hagia Sophia in Turkey. It was stolen from the Catholics as well. :(


9 posted on 11/27/2017 7:43:04 PM PST by Coleus (For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.)
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To the victors go the spoils.


10 posted on 11/27/2017 7:44:09 PM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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Poor England is overrun with muslims! Maybe bringing back Catholics would turn the tide!


11 posted on 11/27/2017 7:44:22 PM PST by LYDIAONTARIO
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Can my peeps have Judea and Samaria back?

Oh - and how about America? Can American citizens have it back?


12 posted on 11/27/2017 7:44:55 PM PST by golux
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

History moves on. I suggest you do also. Life is better when you live in the present.


And I was going to suggest that this be moved to breaking . . . . but you may have a point.


13 posted on 11/27/2017 7:44:57 PM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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Stolen? It should be pretty easy to find. It’s not like you can easily sneak it out of the country.


14 posted on 11/27/2017 7:45:25 PM PST by DannyTN
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The Queen should give Westminster Abbey back to the Catholic Church.

Isn't Charles Darwin buried there?

15 posted on 11/27/2017 7:47:33 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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How about give back all that was stolen, in return the Church take over medical system (like the hospitals they started centuries ago) and replace the National Health disaster?! Fair trade?


16 posted on 11/27/2017 7:47:36 PM PST by LYDIAONTARIO
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Don’t hold your breath....

There was a Poirot mystery that hinged (in part) on the difference between the Westminster Abbey and the Westminster Cathedral. The perp seemingly referred to one but clever Poirot realized the reference was to the other, and that made all the difference..... ha ha. Murderer caught!


17 posted on 11/27/2017 7:48:11 PM PST by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“And do you also expect the Roman church to right every wrong it did during the past 1600 years??”

First, you would have to prove there were any.

“History moves on. I suggest you do also. Life is better when you live in the present.”

We’re talking about the present. Westminster is STILL stolen.


18 posted on 11/27/2017 7:48:37 PM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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“First, you would have to prove there were any.”

You never cease to amaze me in new ways


19 posted on 11/27/2017 7:56:48 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Charles Martel

http://mentalfloss.com/article/67683/whos-buried-westminster-abbey


20 posted on 11/27/2017 8:05:29 PM PST by morphing libertarian (A proud member of the Ruthie Bader Afternoon Nap Club)
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