[Revelation 911]

http://www.lonsberry.com/writings.cfm?story=2374&go=4

[Revelation 911]

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[Baladas]

Catholics are very suspicious about dealing with the LDS - they are taking alot of the RCC members away.

[PAR35]

Vatican letter directs bishops to keep parish records from Mormons
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010359/posts

[17th Miss Regt]

the Vatican had "grave reservations" about the LDS Church's practice of posthumous baptisms by proxy, a practice in which the names of the deceased are baptized into the LDS faith so that they may be united in the afterlife with LDS families, if they so choose.

Once a person dies they are judged by God. Either they are adjudged as righteous or not. It has nothing to do with what someone may do later (posthumous baptisms, etc).

As a thought experiment, if the posthumous baptisms worked, one LDS sect could baptize person A allowing him to be in the afterlife with LDS family B. But then a competing LDS sect could later baptize person A. But if the second sect is anathema to the first, person A might suddenly be no longer able to be in the afterlife with LDS family B.

The Vatican needs to look at its own scriptures and doctrine for assurance that such things are meaningless to God.

[littlehouse36]

Wow. I was able to trace my ancestry to Ireland because of LDS microfilm of an old Catholic baptismal registry.

[Radix]

I’m a bit surprised that to learn that Rome is just getting around to this action.

I was reading about these things almost 35 years ago. I suppose that I always assumed that it was old news and standard practice.

[Drango]

I for one don’t want to get in the middle of a fight between Catholics and Mormons. As an amateur genealogist I’ve enjoyed using the LDS data, and I’m sorry it won’t be available.

[iowamark]

Posted last week:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010359/posts

[Boiler Plate]

To be honest who cares what the LDS does in this regard. It has the same overall spiritual effect as the Guinea Pig Jinx or Lucky Shoelaces.

[Myrddin]

I took care of the computers used for genealogy research when I lived in San Diego. Roughly 80% of the users of the LDS genealogy libraries are not members of the church. The resources are available to everyone researching family history. I tracked down over 4,000 family members dating back to the early 1400's. Some of those names have been submitted for ordinances at the temple. Many still need additional research to validate details. The early individual research was done on home computers using applications such as Personal Ancestral File. At the current time, the church is rolling out an internet based system. Research can be done online instead of running off to the local library to fiddle with CDROMs. Information can be conveniently printed from the browser. From the brief description I heard last Fall, there will be userid/passwords issued to associate you with a user account that also has your family records associated (to the extent that they have been entered).

The Catholic church records have been particularly reliable and accurate input to the database. That has made family history research much easier for families with a long history of membership in the Catholic church. The policy change is going to hurt Catholic families doing research. Perhaps the Vatican will make an effort to provide a suitable replacement.

[ikka]

Thing is, I can't see why this matters. If the LDS is wrong, their baptisms have no effect; and it is definitely the case that the Catholic Church believes that it has no effect.

I would be more worried about everyone on the list who is alive, being relentlessly hounded :-)

[celtic gal]

Oh for crap sakes, as my cousin would say...this is nuts..I use the LDS genealogy site a great deal..they have done more for geneology than just about anyone...good grief...