Adrianne in TX Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Does anyone belong to the Anglican Catholic Church? Do you know if it is In Communion with the Roman Catholic Church. Also does anyone belong to a Roman Catholic Church that celebrates the Anglican Rite-if so, did you become Catholic to participate or did you stay Anglican.....or is no one this particular mix of Christianity? If you belong to either can you enlighten me a bit, I am RC by baptism, confirmed Episcopalian but find myself drawn back to the RC Church. I have been married before so would have to have an annulment to be confirmed in the RC Church, but it was absolved by the Episcopalian Church before we were married. Just trying to figure this out and know that so many of you are well rounded in the area of religion and doctrine......thanks ahead of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah C. Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I do not know for sure if the "Anglican Catholic" Church is an official part of the Catholic Church or not. I know that the Catholic Church recently created an Anglican Rite, which is Catholic but will use the Anglican liturgy. Those churches will have to abide by the Catholic Church's rules etc (though the Anglican rite will allow married priests) and will be in communion with the Catholic Church. If you are familiar with the Byzantine Rite, the Anglican Rite will work in the same way. Anglican Rite church-goers would have to be Catholic in order to take communion. If you were baptized RC then the RC church still considers you to be a Catholic. I don't know if the Episcopalian church's approval of your divorce would make any difference to them. However, if your first marriage took place outside the Catholic Church you should be able to get an annulment fairly easily based on lack of canonical form - RCs can only validly be married in a Catholic church by a Catholic priest. You will probably want to talk to a priest about the annulment situation, and probably a Google search would be pretty helpful to you on getting more info about all this as well! :) The Vatican's website will probably have some more specific info on the Anglican rite. I'm actually not Catholic, but I go to a Catholic college and have done a lot of my own research into the topic. :001_smile: I also grew up conservative Episcopalian and I really miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I sent you a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Anglo-Catholic churches are usually "high church" Anglicans. They don't have female priests or use the 1979 version of the Book of Common Prayer. A few Anglo-Catholic churches are part of the Roman Catholic Church headed by Pope Benedict XVI. You can find a list of those here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 However, if your first marriage took place outside the Catholic Church you should be able to get an annulment fairly easily based on lack of canonical form - RCs can only validly be married in a Catholic church by a Catholic priest. You will probably want to talk to a priest about the annulment situation, and probably a Google search would be pretty helpful to you on getting more info about all this as well! This is not actually true. When dh and I married, he was Catholic but I was not. We were told by our priest at the time that if we chose not to be married in the Catholic church, there were conditions to be met to still have it recognized by the Church. We were married in a Catholic church but by a Deacon with no Eucharist and our marriage is fully recognized by the Church because we did complete their pre-marriage counseling etc requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah C. Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 This is not actually true. When dh and I married, he was Catholic but I was not. We were told by our priest at the time that if we chose not to be married in the Catholic church, there were conditions to be met to still have it recognized by the Church. We were married in a Catholic church but by a Deacon with no Eucharist and our marriage is fully recognized by the Church because we did complete their pre-marriage counseling etc requirements. Gah, yes, I knew that. :001_smile: I was thinking to myself "..unless you get a dispensation" (e.g. your situation) but I forgot to put that part in! Thank you for correcting me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I never belonged to an Anglican Catholic church, but we lived two blocks from the original one in Denver and attended several times and had many conversations with the priests. The tricky thing is that it is different from ango-catholic churches (very high church Episcopal churches) and Roman Catholic Churches Anglican Use, which are Roman Catholic churches that have dispensation from the pope to use the Anglican rite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 It would be best for you to find a local parish and talk to a priest there. They're really very nice. :-) You can also ask on this Web site. There are many wonderful, knowledgeable Catholics who love to talk to newbies. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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