[Unam Sanctam]

Full text can be found here:

http://www.anglicanuse.org/files/The-Causes-for-Becoming-Catholic.pdf

[trad_anglican]

People come to the Catholic Church not because they have worked out every point of doctrine but because they trust that what the Church teaches is true. This is no blind act of faith but the conviction that the Church of Rome is the principal witness to the apostolic tradition.

We belong to the Latin Church because we have come from her. In spite of being separated from the Holy See, we have always understood ourselves to be a part of Western Catholicism.

WOW! It's like this guy's been reading my mind. For an Anglican who truly believes himself to be a catholic, there is simply no other choice to be made. Though my own choice still is cause for some discomfort in my life, the sense of peace that I've found since making the swim is simply overwhelming. I'm driven practically to tears each and every Sunday morning. Espcially when we sing hymns that I've sung all my life in Anglican churches. Now they take on a whole new meaning for me. I'm in a new place and yet I'm finally HOME!

[sockmonkey]

Thanks for posting Dr. Steenson’s speech. I was fortunate to hear him, and speak to him afterwards.

I loved his “imagine being taken to the woodshed by the Vicar of Christ” anecdote.

The pain I’d seen in his interviews on Stand Firm in Faith during the September, 2007 House of Bishops meeting was heart wrenching, and nearly brought me to tears. To see his mourning replaced with joy, and confidence since his swim across the Tiber was inspiring.

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[Unam Sanctam]

For your ping list.

[sockmonkey]

Compare the education of Dr. Steenson and Bishop Katharine Jefforts Schori:

Dr. Jeffrey Steenson-Education

D.Phil. (Theology), University of Oxford, (1979-83). Thesis: “Basil of Ancyra and the Reception of the Nicene Creed.”
M.Div., Harvard Divinity School (1976-78). Major: New Testament and Early Christianity.
M.A. (church history), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1974-76).
B.A. (history), Trinity College (1970-74).

Katharine Jefforts Schori- Education
B.S. degree in biology from Stanford University (1974), M.S. (1977) and Ph.D. (1983) in oceanography from Oregon State University
M.Div. from Church Divinity School of the Pacific (1994), and an honorary D.D. (2001) also from CDSP.

[NYer]

... could my church have produced a work so penetrating and comprehensive? No, it has neither the capacity nor the confidence to speak its mind in such a way. Why? Because it has deliberately cut itself off from the tradition.

Bears repeating!

[thefrankbaum]

[A] late fourth century bronze lamp...Twin lights emerge from a ship that symbolizes the Church. In the bow of the ship is St. Paul, proclaiming the Gospel to the world. In the stern and on the rudder is St. Peter, steering the ship through the tumult.

I encourage everyone to click the link - there is the image included at the end of the PDF. The See of Peter continues to steer the rudder of the Church away from rough waters and into His Harbor!