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Former Anglican (in the Anglo-Catholic tradition from age 9), now a Roman Catholic in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the UK.


Feb
18
comment When does the bread and wine become Body and Blood?
Obviously the Catechism is more recent. However, your answer hinges on the interpretation of what "the consecration" actually is. "The consecratory thanksgiving is the moment when the priest holds up the bread and repeats the words of Christ." Where is that stated?
Feb
17
comment When does the bread and wine become Body and Blood?
No, I said Eucharistic Prayer (which runs from the Sursum Corda to the Great Amen). Still looking and asking.
Feb
17
comment When does the bread and wine become Body and Blood?
The online Catholic Encyclopedia dates from around 1911, so some things which have not been conclusively defined have changed (and even where they have: its view of Canon Law is distinctly outdated).
Feb
17
comment When does the bread and wine become Body and Blood?
I had thought that recent thought/teaching was the Eucharistic Prayer was a continuous whole and a "moment of transubstantiation" cannot be said to be identifiable. Using the argument that it's at "This is my body", what about the wine? I'll see if I can find something...
Feb
15
comment The Pope is resigning. How does a living pope confer his authority?
It's on Vatican Insider Because this is entirely new -- the circumstances are rather different from Gregory XII -- I rather think that no-one, including the Curia, knows precisely what the procedures and protocols are.
Feb
14
revised What is the significance of priest breaking the bread (Host) in a Catholic mass?
Removed the word "resort" because the Fraction is mandated, not a matter of simple necessity.
Feb
13
reviewed No Action Needed Who are the leaders of the Jehovah's Witnesses church?
Feb
12
comment What substitutes for prayers for the Pope's intentions during sede vacante?
Hmm. I wonder if the Regent Monsignor considered the case where the Supreme Pontiff is no longer Supreme Pontiff and not in heaven or purgatory either. The answer assumes that the Supreme Pontiff is still Supreme Pontiff after leaving office. This could be reasonable if he dies; but cannot be reasonable if he still lives. Or rather, needs to be explained because it appears to be unreasonable.
Feb
12
answered The Pope is resigning. How does a living pope confer his authority?
Feb
12
revised The Popes Prophecy of St. Malachy - the city of seven hills
Formatting of list and poetry; added alt-text for map
Feb
12
answered What substitutes for prayers for the Pope's intentions during sede vacante?
Feb
12
answered What Popes have resigned in the past?
Feb
7
comment What is the Biblical basis for the Catholic teaching that infant baptism cleanses from original sin?
@svidgen All true; but I've tried to answer in a way which will satisfy a Sola Scriptura Protestant. Feel free to add another answer.
Feb
7
comment What is the Biblical basis for the Catholic teaching that infant baptism cleanses from original sin?
@Narnian I don't believe any of them are; they are all water. Acts 2:41 implies water; Rom 6:4 brings the imagery of death which is evident in full-immersion baptism in water; 1 Peter specifically mentions water "not as a removal of dirt from the body," which the way baptism is practised [either immersion or pouring] won't achieve.
Feb
7
revised What is the Biblical basis for the Catholic teaching that infant baptism cleanses from original sin?
Rearranged references
Feb
7
answered What is the Biblical basis for the Catholic teaching that infant baptism cleanses from original sin?
Feb
6
reviewed Excellent To Arians and Jehovah's Witnesses: Does your theology admit that God was at one point ἄλογος?
Feb
6
reviewed Excellent How the trial of Jesus compares to the judical standards of the epoch and of the modern times?
Feb
6
reviewed Excellent Is the LDS's view of Trinity/Godhead considered monotheistic or polytheistic?
Feb
6
reviewed Excellent Why did God enter humanity so silently on Christmas day?