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| hello john | 11/21/2009 | John White |
Q: If jesus is god then why he is praying to god. i got this question from an american lady.
A: According to the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, God is three persons but one being. Jesus ...
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| body or spirit | 11/16/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: What is the nature of God is he corporeal (body) or incorporeal (spirit)? What is the Anglican ...
A: You have to come at this from the belief in the Holy Trinity. God is spirit. He took flesh (body) in ...
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| The "Gay Clergy" | 11/16/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: What is the Episcopal Churches' official stance on Gay ministers? As far as I have been able to find ...
A: I'm afraid this is a very fraught issue. The Anglican Communion has an understanding that no ...
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| life after 'life after death' | 11/13/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: I just got finished reading N.T. Wright's Simply Christian and it sounds as if life after life after ...
A: The idea that our "western" strict division between the earthly and heavenly realms is not true to ...
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| Catholic becoming Anglican | 11/13/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: Parish, I see that you have gotten many questions on this topic, so I'm sorry to ask more of the ...
A: Those priests who have returned to the Anglican church tend not to be very public about their ...
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| catholic and anglican | 11/9/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: Is there any catholics who turned Anglican?if yes what are the conditions to be Anglican? Is it ...
A: There are lots of former Roman Catholics who have become Anglicans. The Church of England says that ...
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| Real Presence | 11/3/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: What is the difference between transubstantiation and the real presence of christ?
A: The World Council of Churches attempted a brief synthesis of this question, in 1982. The full ...
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| Supersessionism | 10/28/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: Do Anglicans/Episcopals believe in supersessionism?
A: In brief (depending on what is meant by supersessionism) it would be hard not to see Acts 4:12 (no ...
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| Heaven | 10/15/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: In heaven will we wear clothes or just our birthday suits, as Hebrews says we will be naked before ...
A: Revelation 6:11 suggests that white robes might be worn in heaven. If heaven is a restoration of ...
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| canon law and A.R.T.I.C | 9/19/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: Is it possible to view NZ Canon law online? And how does it vary to Britain's? What happened to ...
A: The New Zealand canons can be found at http://www.anglican.org.nz/canons/Canonsindex.htm. They ...
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| Saved - how is it possible? | 9/17/2009 | John White |
Q: I have read many different web sites and read books on what it means to be saved, yet its either ...
A: Believing is both incredibly easy –that is where grace comes in – and it is also incredibly hard – ...
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| Eternal Happiness | 9/5/2009 | John White |
Q: Can you tell me what is Eternal Happiness? Can you give me a diagram of how the process works?
A: To Christians, eternal happiness would be to spend eternity in heaven praising God and being in the ...
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| Free Will | 8/12/2009 | John White |
Q: My daughter and I are in the midst of quite a disagreement concerning free will. She insists that ...
A: As a theological concept, Free Will refers to our ability to choose between good and evil, to reach ...
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| Women's Ordination | 8/5/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: I realize that the issue of women priests is now settled in many of the provinces of the Anglican ...
A: This is a hard question to answer in a brief reply. The ordination of women priests does not ...
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| Scrupulosity | 8/5/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: I've considered joining the Roman Catholic Church many times, but that isn't relevant to my question ...
A: This sounds like "Catholic guilt" even before you become a Catholic. I'm not sure I can counsel you ...
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| Judgement of non-believers | 8/5/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: I have been concerned about the question of non-believers not being accepted by God. In a recent ...
A: This is a belief which emphasises the unconditional parental love of God and God's plan to redeem, ...
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| Judgement of non-believers | 8/5/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: I have been concerned about the question of non-believers not being accepted by God. In a recent ...
A: There is, unfortunately, no clear answer. Very conservative protestant denominations maintain that ...
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| Partaking of the eucharist | 7/27/2009 | John White |
Q: I am an Anglican and I partake of the eucharist when I attend church. I would like to attend an ...
A: My understanding is that the label Anglo Catholic refers to a particular style of worship and ...
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| Universal Salvation | 7/18/2009 | John White |
Q: Do Anglicans believe in universal salvation, that all will be saved?
A: The Catechism of the Episcopal Church U.S.A., which is the Anglican province to which I belong, ...
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| Codex Sinaiticus | 7/6/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: What do you think of the news of the soon to be published Codex Sinaiticus? It seems as The Bible is ...
A: Textual criticism is not my field, but so far as I know Codex Sinaiticus includes all the ...
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| CofE Baptism | 7/6/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: I have been asked to be a godparent by a male friend who has just had a baby. However, there are ...
A: Does the mother intend to make the baptism promises? The service assumes that the parents are making ...
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| question about the Anglican Church | 7/6/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: So do angelicans base there beliefs on the bible? what is the book of common prayer? Is the bible ...
A: Yes, they can marry. I am unaware of any Anglican or Episcopal on-line seminaries. Vocational ...
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| question about the Anglican Church | 7/5/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: So do angelicans base there beliefs on the bible? what is the book of common prayer? Is the bible ...
A: The Book of Common Prayer is simply the Anglican collection of liturgy and prayers, derived from the ...
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| There are not angelican or orthodox Churches were im from | 6/30/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: and exactly were did you find that i had a way's to go? Im so tired of all these divisions in the ...
A: "Lay" comes from Greek "laos", people, so "lay people" really means people people. The distinction ...
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| Healthcare | 6/8/2009 | John White |
Q: I am a nursing student in Charlotte, NC and I need to know How do the Anglican beliefs affect ...
A: Anglicans/Episcopalians look uon modern medicine as a gift from God, to be used to the benefit of ...
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| priests who move away | 6/4/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: What is your opinion of a parish priest who, when he got a job as Dean of a cathedral and left his ...
A: I would say that there are two aspects to consider here. Firstly, theologically-speaking, pastoral ...
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| Episcopal priets and parishoners | 5/3/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: What is the views of the Episcopal Church with regards to a priests having a relationship with a ...
A: There is no absolute prohibition on this, as there might be, for instance, in the case of a ...
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| Articals of belief | 4/29/2009 | John White |
Q: In the creed it states Jesus descended into hell does it say this in the bible
A: Good question! The descent of Christ into the realm of the dead was known to the Medieval English ...
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| collection plate | 4/25/2009 | John White |
Q: The collection plate is counted by the minister's wife. I'm told that the wife of the minister ...
A: Well, it's a question of security, and the practice you describe perhaps gives the appearance of ...
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| Follow up on Prayer for Dead | 4/22/2009 | John White |
Q: White, I apologize for the length of my last question. I'm most interested in at least hearing in ...
A: With many doctrinal questions, my first resource is to The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian ...
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| Old Testament | 4/22/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: Should a Christian necessarily read the Old Testament? I am no scholar but God appears to be cruel, ...
A: It would be hard to recommend one book without knowing the prior understanding of the reader. I ...
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| Prayer for Dead | 4/21/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: I appreciate your response to a question I recently asked. It was very helpful for me! Thank you! I ...
A: I don't think there are any prayers for the dead in the Book of Common Prayer (at least not the 1662 ...
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| relationships | 4/20/2009 | John White |
Q: What is the view of the church on Episcopal Priests dating a parishioner of his parish?
A: This is actually viewed as inappropriate behavior, and any piest who pursues a romantic relationship ...
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| Question | 4/17/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: I had asked you earlier about same sex marriage and you provided me with an excellent answer and ...
A: This is correct, and is largely the result, I understand, of limited understanding or indeed ...
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| Question | 4/15/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: I have a question, to be clear, not from a legal perspective but strictly your opinion and thoughts ...
A: Scripture is clear that marriage is between one man and one woman. Although homosexual relationships ...
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| His Sabbath verses mans | 4/8/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: It is my belief that the Creator of life and death, day and night, good and evil very ...
A: With the usual reservations about wikipedia, the history of the transition to worship on the first ...
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| Easter | 4/7/2009 | John White |
Q: why is Easter sometimes in the month of March and sometimes in the month of April?
A: Good question! From my favorite reference source, the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, ...
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| Confirmation | 2/12/2009 | Professor Noel Cox |
Q: KINDLY LET ME KNOW THE BIBLICAL BACKGROUND OF SERVING HOLY COMMUNION ONLY TO CONFIRMED COMMUNICANTS. ...
A: This is based on Church tradition rather than biblical authority. The rationale is that the ...
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| Faith | 1/10/2009 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: Three very different questions. 1) Do you think the Anglican Commmnion should split, allowing the ...
A: 1. The Anglican Communion is split. The main question is whether we end up with separate ...
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| Holy Communion Mishap | 12/21/2008 | Rev Steve Parish |
Q: .i have a serious question about my recent mishap at holy communion...first let me say that in our ...
A: As it happened, just yesterday, after one of our assistants at communion said they'd not take the ...
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