Why should I be an Episcopalian?

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori answers the question, "If I didn't go to church, what would you tell me to get me to visit an Episcopal Church?"

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[Mauser2012]

How different is an Episcopalian mass from a catholic mass, Im not too happy with the changes in the church. I know that Catholic, Episcopal, and Lutheran churches are all similar.

[jimdela]

@Mauser2012 Not too different, although a woman priest may be in charge in an Episcopal service. It wouldn't hurt to try it, if you're really interested.

[jimdela]

Minckminck: Your use of the term "election fraud" is misleading and incorrect. There were no irregularities reported or alleged concerning her election as presiding bishop. You seem to have an issue with the way Bishop Jefferts Schori presented some of her experience on her resume prior to her election. If a congregation of 200 calls its Christian education program a "school of theology," it is what it is. Incorrect accusations or downright libel will not be tolerated on this channel.

[ZebraSpider454]

@Mauser2012 --The Catholic Mass gives us the true Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, and the Episcopalian Mass and eucharist is invalid because they did not preserve Holy Orders like the "Orthodox" did. Come home to Rome.

[0adammar]

Why would I join your org. - org. that seems to be the negative version of all the Tradition established 2000 years ago by Christ and his followers and preserved till our time....

Who needs aspartame, when sugar and honey are waiting?

Have a Good Life....

[gurumagoo]

@EpiscopalMatthew Just as the Jews took Passover to reflect on how God saved them and brought them out of bondage in Egypt, Christ asked us to remember Him and His suffering on our behalf.

[gurumagoo]

@EpiscopalMatthew Even the so-called communion has been twisted from its clear Biblical meaning. Christ said: Do this in REMEMBERANCE of me. The bread and the wine is supposed to be a memorial to the Son of Man on the eve of His suffering; not some feat of magic to restore the soul and cleanse people of their sins. It has no power to do that. The Last Supper was a Passover meal held in memorial of the Angel of Death passing over the Children of Israel in Egypt.

[gurumagoo]

@EpiscopalMatthew The Bible tells us ritual has no power. In fact, it is a characteristic of idol worship and witchcraft. There is nothing you can do to effect your own salvation. Salvation comes through faith alone. Much of the Liturgy you speak of is the product of Greek and Roman paganism, and not of the Church. The earliest Christians, met in secret and recited scripture. These rituals came much later.

[gurumagoo]

@EpiscopalMatthew If you closely study the Old Testament and the Israelites, God in a way, resembles a herdsman and the Israelites a herd. The shepard cuts out the unhealthy, just as God cuts out the unholy, the filthy, and the evil. The herdsmans desired end product is a strong healthy herd. God's desired end product is a people worthy to bring Christ into the world for the salvation of all Mankind. That's why the Israelites are called the "Chosen" people. They are God's own.

[gurumagoo]

@EpiscopalMatthew The Holy Spirit didn't influence Moses to make these laws. The Holy Spirit itself made these laws. Moses was merely an instrument. These laws were designed by God to protect Israel from the great evil which surrounded them. Destroying the Satanic Canaanites who sacrificed infants to Baal, Dagon, and Molech, the stoning of the wicked among them...these things were necessary.

[gurumagoo]

@EpiscopalMatthew Meaningless ritual and warming a church pew on Sunday morning is no substitute for knowing the Bible.