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Francis blessed by Archbishop of Canterbury
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2014/06/francis-bows-his-head-to-receive.html ^

Posted on 06/21/2014 5:38:39 AM PDT by piusv

It is not remotely surprising that the Archbishop of Canterbury should desire to bless the Pope of Rome, but the humble attitude of His Holiness in accepting it has caused something of a stir among Roman Catholic traditionalists:

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1 posted on 06/21/2014 5:38:39 AM PDT by piusv
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By allowing himself to be blessed by the Archbishop, Francis implicitly shows that he recognizes the validity of Anglican orders. This is against Pope Leo XIII's declaration in Apostolicae Curae in 1896.
2 posted on 06/21/2014 5:43:34 AM PDT by piusv
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To: ebb tide

More Protestant blessings!


3 posted on 06/21/2014 5:45:20 AM PDT by piusv
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To: piusv

A simple act of humility should not be misconstrued.


4 posted on 06/21/2014 5:51:29 AM PDT by allendale
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To: allendale
A simple act of humility should not be misconstrued.

I'm not sure he has any business humbling himself before a CofE cleric. But if the pope can do it, why can't I? I could head down to St. Andrews (which is as gay as today is long) and be blessed by their vicaress and I would be following the example given by the Bishop of Rome.

5 posted on 06/21/2014 6:00:06 AM PDT by Legatus (Either way, we're screwed.)
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To: allendale
A simple act of humility should not be misconstrued.

I agree with you.
The Pope Francis bashers will be here soon giving you their opinion of him on this.

6 posted on 06/21/2014 6:10:19 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: piusv

“By allowing himself to be blessed by the Archbishop, Francis implicitly shows that he recognizes the validity of Anglican orders.”

Actually, no.


7 posted on 06/21/2014 6:38:35 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: allendale

This isn’t about humility, it’s about authority, truth, and right order. The giving and receiving of blessings is relational: blessings are given by a superior, to demonstrate approval, good will, or a desire to convey the spiritual gifts with which one’s entrusted. Thus priests bless lay people and parents bless (their own) children. A revered teacher might bless an exceptional pupil. For the pope to accept a blessing from the ABC is an inversion of right order, degrading a spiritual action to the level of just a more ceremonial way of shaking hands. It doesn’t demonstrate humility on Francis’s part; it demonstrates ignorance, loss of continuity with his past, and disregard for the state of life to which God’s called him.


8 posted on 06/21/2014 7:23:52 AM PDT by Romulus
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To: vladimir998; piusv; cloudmountain
Giving a pectoral cross to an archdruid certainly recognizes Anglican orders.


9 posted on 06/21/2014 7:25:19 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: piusv

I wonder if he blessed him in his capacity as an Anglican, or as a Druid priest?


10 posted on 06/21/2014 7:31:52 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: piusv

http://ebougis.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/breathe-it-in-2-0/


11 posted on 06/21/2014 7:38:42 AM PDT by ebb tide
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Cardinal O’Malley has baptism “reaffirmed” by Methodist minister

The ecumaniac disease has become rampant in the highest offices of the Church.

12 posted on 06/21/2014 7:51:34 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: cloudmountain

No one should be allowed an opinion unless its a positive one?

Who’s intolerant?


13 posted on 06/21/2014 8:10:45 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: ebb tide

“Giving a pectoral cross to an archdruid certainly recognizes Anglican orders.”

No it doesn’t. Giving a rosary to a Protestant does not mean you recognize them as a Catholic. Think.


14 posted on 06/21/2014 8:39:58 AM PDT by vladimir998
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If the pope gave a pectoral cross to me I’d be pretty certain he was making me a bishop...


15 posted on 06/21/2014 8:42:56 AM PDT by Legatus (Either way, we're screwed.)
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To: vladimir998; piusv; cloudmountain

Wrong!

Pectoral cross:
“The name of the cross used by the pope, cardinals, bishops, abbots, and other prelates entitled to use the pontifical insignia.”

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11601a.htm


16 posted on 06/21/2014 8:46:08 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: cloudmountain

I have been blessed my many through words, through hugs, through writings.

What’s the big deal?


17 posted on 06/21/2014 8:47:40 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: vladimir998
Think.

Why don't you try it before you post again?

18 posted on 06/21/2014 8:48:32 AM PDT by ebb tide
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To: Legatus

“If the pope gave a pectoral cross to me I’d be pretty certain he was making me a bishop...”

Without a consecration Mass? You need to go back to CCD or grade school religion class. No consecration, no bishop. It’s pretty simple and every Catholic knows it.


19 posted on 06/21/2014 8:53:07 AM PDT by vladimir998
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To: ebb tide

“Wrong!”

No, I’m absolutely right. Pope Benedict XVI does not recognize Anglican orders - hence, the strictures of Anglicanorum coetibus.


20 posted on 06/21/2014 8:55:01 AM PDT by vladimir998
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