Do you agree that the Roman Catholic church and the Anglican church should re-unite?

Question

Please give reasons for your answer.

Answer 1

First, its just "Catholic" not "Roman Catholic."



Second, sure, if Anglicans are willing to embrace Catholic beliefs and ideals, the Catholic Church will willingly accept all of them.

Answer 2

No- because the Anglicans differ a bit in terms of doctrine among each other- and the Roman Catholic church has well defined doctrine.

For example- historically until the most recent prayer book the Anglican church did not give an answer on the eucerest being the body and blood of Christ. The reason for this is that the Anglican church could traditionally be divided into two groups that just happened to use the same Liturgical book. The first group is the High Anglican or Anglican catholic who do ask for the intersession of the saints, believe in the real presence and may even have confession. Then the low church or Evangelical Anglicans- who are closer to the Lutherans or Methodist- they don't ask the saints to intercede, Focus more on faith than works, some historically didn't accept the real Presence in the eucerest and didn't go to confession. Now what is called the borad church is taken power since the Anglicans are known for comprimise. As the all use the same vestment and book of common prayer it would be hard to weed out the low and broad church members until they are causing problems.

Answer 3

It has now reached a point where that is not possible. Some years ago it may have been but the Anglican Church has gone a particular way that the Roman Church cannot follow - i.e. allowing woman vicars, openly gay bishops and ever more openly denying the true presence. There are also, for example, thousands of marriages recognised in the Anglican Church that could never be recognised in the Roman Church.



There are those within the Anglican Church though, that have essentially remained "Catholic", generally termed "High Anglicans", it may be possible in the future to form a new rite for these members in communion with the Roman Church, allowing them to keep many of their Traditions.



It would be even better of course also if they all returned home to the Roman Church on an individual basis, of their own free will, undoing the Evil of the reformation in England.

Answer 4

Yes, the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church should heal the split of the 16th century

However, the Anglican Church is composed of too many "parties" that are theologically incompatible( from Anglo-Catholic to Modernist to Evangelical to Calvinist to "Anglo-Unitarian")



The "Papalist" Anglo-Catholics should "come home' and come into full communion with the Catholic Church if they can accept all of the Rc doctrines since they have much more in Common with RC than 'latitudinarian C o E"or theother churches in the Canterbury Communion



Now there will be 'ordinariates" for TAC and other Anglo-Catholic people who come in to the Catholic Communion to preserve and develop their Catholic-compatible liturgical, spiritural and cultural traditions form the rich Anglican heritage of the Prayerbook and other pieties



Jesus prayed that "all may be one"

Answer 5

The CoE is an Anglical church, so is the Church of eire and a brilliant kind of different international locations have comparable church homes. Protestant church homes contain Anglicans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists, Quakers etc. Protestants protested approximately unbiblical regulations the Roman Catholic Church presented including having to purchase your way in to Heaven and absentee clergy. This led to the Reformation between 1500 and 1550.

Answer 6

The Anglican Tradition, as a whole, has always considered itself to be a part of the one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. While we have had past issues with our Latin Rite brothers, we have recently, in the last 60 years or so, become very interested in ecumenicism. This does not mean we want to be Roman Catholics. Various members of the Traditional Anglican Communion have been in negotiations with the Vatican for a few years now about restoring full Communion between the two Traditions. I believe it is time to heal our wounds and I fully support my denomination's goals in this.



In short, I want full Communion between us, but I do not want full reunification.

Answer 7

well, the Anglican church started from the Roman Catholic Church! by King Henry. I dont think so, because they thier way dont agree with our teachings and stuff.

Answer 8

The Western Rite Roman Catholic Church has every right and jurisdiction over the Sister Churches in the Western world.The Pope is the successor of Saint Peter and holds absolute power of all the Sister Church in the Western world as well as the Eastern Catholic Church The Anglican Church was founded in the 15 century over a petty divorce between King Henry VIII and his faithful wife Katherine of Aragon and when Pope Julius did not give the right of divorce to King Henry VIII and King Henry VIII broke away from the Roman Catholic Church But even then he still maintained the Holy Roman Catholic practices of the Holy Sacifice of the Holy Mass priesthood celibacy the True Presence of our Lord and God Jesus Christ and the Holy orders

It was only after King Henry VIII died when the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Crammer began to remove the Holy sacrifice of the Holy Eucharist The Rites for ordination of priest to be changed the Common Book of prayer and the intercession of Saints.They also allowed High Churches with Catholic lite Rites and Liturgy and Low Church with Evangelical Services to exist.The King or the Queen is to be the Supreme Governor of the Church

However there are a group of Traditional Anglican Christians who not only follow the Roman Catholic Holy Mass and Traditions and are upset over the Anglican Communion allowing ordination of woman as Bishops and Gays and Homosexuals to become priest and Bishops have started the Traditional Anglican communion and want to seek reunion with the Roman Catholic Church Pope Benedict XVI and Rome

Let us pray for this Happy reunion

Saint Mark of Ephesus Saint Phillip of Moscow Saint Francis of Assisi Servant of God Pope John Paul II Blessed Anna Katherine Emmerick and Saint Padre Pio and Blessed John Cardinal Henry Newman

Kryie Elesion Kryie Elesion Kryie Elesion

Yours in Christ

Answer 9

It's not a question of "re-unite"....the anglican Communion needs to seek reconciliation with Rome. Re-unite implies that each side went their own way when in reality the Anglicans left the Church. Many Anglicans are reuniting with Rome due to all of the scandal with the Episcopalian Church -- women priests, openly gay bishop, etc.



Yes, Anglican priests who are married can be married Catholic priests. I believe that they may need to be re-ordained, though. It seems that they got rid of the sacrificial nature of the Mass...Rome does not see their priesthood as legitimate...



http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20091023/APC0101/910230468/Story--video--Catholic--Anglican-leaders-ponder-shift-in-relationship



http://www.rferl.org/content/Vatican_Reaches_Out_To_Anglicans_By_Easing_Conversion_Process/1857670.html



http://www.christiantoday.com/article/anglican.leaders.welcome.new.catholic.structure/24435.htm

Answer 10

Yes, I think they should re-unite.



Why? Well, it would be a beautiful thing, and then we would have one very large Catholic (yes, Anglicans ARE Catholics) Church spread across the world, and across all sectors of Western society.



There is also the belief that God desires us to have a unified, visible Church. So it would fulfill that too.

Answer 11

they are not reuniting , the anglicans asked to come home, the vatican has said yes.

but there could be a little trouble ahead for some, when doctrinal subjects are brought up, we have 7 sacraments, and infallibility regarding "faith and morals'

have some of the anglicans joined for the wrong reasons

Answer 12

Absolutely... it's GOD's calling and HIS grace which is drawing the Anglicans back to the original Mother Church.

Answer 13

"The Catholic Church embraces with hope the commitment to ecumenism as a duty of the Christian conscience enlightened by faith and guided by love…Jesus himself, at the hour of his Passion, prayed 'that they may all be one' (John 17:21)." -- Pope John Paul II, Ut Unum Sint, May 25, 1995.



The Catholic Church in the United States already has the following open dialogs with her sister Churches:



• The North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation

• The Joint Committee of Orthodox and Catholic Bishops

• The Oriental Orthodox-Roman Catholic Consultation

• The Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic Dialogue

• The Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation USA

• The Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue

• Roman Catholic-Reformed Consultation

• The United Methodist-Catholic Dialogue

• Southern Baptist Convention-Catholic Dialogue

• The Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue

• Faith and Order Commission, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

• Consultation with the National Council of Synagogues

• Consultation with the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America

• Midwest Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims

• Mid-Atlantic Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims

• West Coast Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims



Here is the joint declaration of justification by Catholics (1999), Lutherans (1999), and Methodists (2006):



By grace alone, in faith in Christ's saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping us and calling us to good works.



http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/documents/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_31101999_cath-luth-joint-declaration_en.html



Here are statements by Evangelical and Catholic Christians together on:

• The Bible, "Your Word is Truth" (2002) http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=2058

• "The Communion of Saints" (2003) http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=459

• "The Call to Holiness" (2005) http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=171



http://www.usccb.org/seia/officialdialogues.shtml



With love in Christ.

Answer 14

It will not be a reunification. It's more like Anglicans returning home to the true Church.

Answer 15

there is no middle way. the established church is the Roman Catholic church as many anglican's are discovering.

Answer 16

I think all the church should reunite. Jesus only established one church in the first place which is Catholic of course.

Answer 17

"Yes" the Anglican Church was founded on sin a person Henry the eight wanting a Divorce .



To be deep into history is to cease to be protestant" John Newman

Answer 18

Jesus prayed that his followers may be one (As you, Father in me and I in you). All Christians should seek unity. Unfortunately much pain has been caused by the followers of Calvin who have very different beliefs to the rest of Christianity. The Anglican communion includes every shade of opinion from Anglo-Catholic to Calvinist. There are still many who claim that the Pope is the Antichrist. For as long as Calvinism persists, unity among Christians remains a dream.



Anglicanism has long claimed to be both catholic and reformed. For as long as they behave as a Protestant sect, they are going to haemorrhage members to Rome.

Answer 19

Absolutely not - the Anglo-Catholics always were in the Church of England under false pretences, and I'm glad to see them going to where their hearts and consciences always lay.



Meanwhile, it would be good to see Anglicans extending an ever warmer welcome to the wider Protestant family of Methodists, United Reformed etc. I'd welcome Protestant unity, and I believe that without subversive elements pushing for union with Rome, we could then engage in a much more constructive and fraternal dialogue with the RCC, which might result in a far better quality of co-operation between our two families, and unified Christian action without forced union.

Answer 20

Yes. All branches of Christianity should return home to the Catholic Church.



All Protestant faiths are those who left the Catholic Church, or branches off of those who left the Catholic Church. As Catholics we pray always that our Protestant brothers and sisters will return to the true Church.



I left the Methodist faith, to return home...and I pray that others will be enlightened and find their way.

Answer 21

Yes' because they are identical in every way,...only the name is different.

Answer 22

Absolutely!

We should all be one united family, as we were always meant to be (Jesus himself prayed "Father, may they all be one".)

Far more unites us than divides us, time to come back together, in unity there is strength.

Cheers, Steve.

Answer 23

Yes because there is strength in unity and both churches need that in an age of dwindling belief and rising competition.

Answer 24

I'd rather neither existed.



All that aside though, if their going to do it anyway, hopefully it will encourage the Catholics to see the rational thinking behind sex, and marriage.



In any order would be a good start.



Meaning that, priests and nuns being allowed to marry, like pastors and preachers are.

Answer 25

it would indeed contradict the powerful warning Jesus gives ALL of us, not some, in Rev. 18:4 (not to be shrugged of or ignored by any means)...my answer is based upon Scripture, God's Holy Living Word, do you understand why He Commands us to obey and abide by this warning? I do. and why wouldn't you desire to obey and please Him if you truly Love and serve Him?God Bless and Keep You

Answer 26

Yes, they should hold hands together and jump off a cliff!

Answer 27

Makes no nevermind to me.

Answer 28

No. Their doctrines are too different now to make that possible.

Answer 29

Catholicism is The only true Christian Faith. Catholicism leads to eternal happiness in heaven, since Catholicism teaches a full gospel, because Catholicism teaches



We are saved by Christ's grace alone, through faith and works done in charity inspired by the Holy Spirit for salvation, and that is a true gospel of works Matthew 25:33-46 NO WORKS NO FAITH.32 Jesus answered them: Many good works I have showed you from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me And The Catholic Church.

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, though you will not believe me, believe the works: that you may know and believe that the Father is in me and I in the Father.



John 14:12:



"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."











(GALATIANS 1:6-9). For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God--not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" (EPHESIANS 2:8-10)



It's clear from the Book of Acts in the Bible that Catholics existed during the days of Acts. And Is where the word Christian was invented.

Evodius was the first Bishop of Antioch a Catholic, and he is credited with being the first person to call the followers of Christ, "Christians", as shown in Acts 11:26. See Eusebius, book 3, chapter 22.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05653a.htm

Saint Ignatius (35-107), the second Bishop of Antioch wrote a letter to the Smyrneans in 107 A.D..

In this letter is recorded the first known use of the words "Catholic Church"...



Catholicism existed for Centuries before any Protestant sect was formed .Centuries after Jesus formed the First church the catholic church.. Those in the Book of Acts are the first Christians, and they believed what would be called Catholic doctrine today. ANYONE can read the Book of Acts for themselves and see. Had Protestantism existed during the time of Acts, the first Christians would have rejected It completely Because the Bible was not yet formed neither the doctrines of OSAS , Faith alone, and Sola scriptura. .



Also there's Heretic Christians who also completely rejected Catholicism, long before Martin Luther was even born. At the Council Of Nicea they were rejected and were called Arians. Which is why we have the belief In the Trinity they rejected the heretics.



And there is no "pope" in the Bible Because they were called Bishops Which is what they are still called. Every "pope" is a Vicar Of Christ.



There were ALWAYS saved believers outside the catholic , who did not know The full truth of Catholicism but that was by the grace of the savior they would have been catholic if given the time.



Catholicism saves. By Only believing in Jesus alone for salvation, That is what the Catholic church teaches.



The truth is that Jesus is God, and Jesus loves you so very much! :D The truth about Jesus is that the only way to be saved and to get into heaven and avoid being sent to eternal hell, is by believing



We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty,

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation

he came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirit

he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,

and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory

to judge the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,

who proceeds from the Father [and the Son].

With the Father and the Son

he is worshipped and glorified.

He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. AMEN.



I'm not a "protestant". I'm a saved believer in Jesus

Answer 30

Nah, it's more fun to watch them bicker.

Answer 31

no they shouldnt. one is in suport of gayism, divorce and murder and the other practises them.

Answer 32

why it is too much he say he say stuff.

Answer 33

Yes because they are both as stupid as each other :)