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To: boatbums

I was raised as an Army Brat, and attended Protestant services around the world. They had slight variations depending on the celebrant. Since the Episcopal Church was the de facto church of the U.S. Army, many Protestant services were very similar to Morning Prayer, circa 1926 Book of Common Prayer. My experience led me to convert to the Episcopal Church from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) a Presbyterian offshoot.

Fast forward to my experience as an Infantry Battalion Executive Officer in Germany. Our battalion chaplain was a Roman Catholic and native of Chile who spoke only broken English. My battalion commander was engaged in an ongoing dispute with our Commander, then Brigadier General Norman Schwartzkopf who expected all of his commanders to attend Protestant Chapel (we were both Episcopalian and I was a Vestryman of the Anglican parish across the Rhine in Wiesbaden). We decided to attend the Spanish Mass offered by our Chaplain early on Sunday mornings so that I could get to Morning Prayer in Wiesbaden and my battalion commander could thumb his nose at Schwartzkopf.

I found Mass to be a grand experience, even in Spanish. I am very attuned to Catholic liturgy, though not so much Catholic governance. I have since left the Episcopal Church because of their abandonment of belief in God, but I cannot embrace Catholicism. Our religious institutions have become barriers to our Christian beliefs and adherence to Scripture.


103 posted on 02/27/2015 3:40:16 PM PST by centurion316
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To: centurion316
Our religious institutions have become barriers to our Christian beliefs and adherence to Scripture.

Shout it from the rooftops!


112 posted on 02/28/2015 5:09:48 AM PST by Elsie
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