Thoughts from a Catholic: On Anglicanism's Darkest Hour
Thoughts from a Catholic: On Anglicanism's Darkest Hour
By David Irby
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
August 17, 2010
I converted to that which Blessed John Henry Newman called, "The One True Sheepfold of Jesus Christ" in 1964 (age 20) just a week after Vatican II clarified the role of the Pope in terms of "collegiality" with other Catholic bishops.
Shortly before that, I was certain that I would have to go either Catholic or Orthodox because I felt no sense of community in the Episcopal Church outside of my home parish and similarly "Anglican Catholic" ones in terms of understanding of the Eucharist. I kept asking myself (paraphrasing Newman), "How can a 'communion' call itself a 'communion', when its members can't even agree on what Communion is?"
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By David Irby
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
August 17, 2010
I converted to that which Blessed John Henry Newman called, "The One True Sheepfold of Jesus Christ" in 1964 (age 20) just a week after Vatican II clarified the role of the Pope in terms of "collegiality" with other Catholic bishops.
Shortly before that, I was certain that I would have to go either Catholic or Orthodox because I felt no sense of community in the Episcopal Church outside of my home parish and similarly "Anglican Catholic" ones in terms of understanding of the Eucharist. I kept asking myself (paraphrasing Newman), "How can a 'communion' call itself a 'communion', when its members can't even agree on what Communion is?"
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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