Andrew Leach

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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.

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Jan 11	comment	Why is freemasonry considered by many evangelicals to be incompatible with Christianity? @DanAndrews The Roman Catholic Church is one such Church which teaches that freemasonry is incompatible with Christianity and which forbids its members from being masons. Read more here
Jan 7	comment	What is the biblical argument against Papal Succession? Up to the Great Schism, there wasn't! The Great Schism is quite a different matter, of course; as is the Reformation.
Jan 7	comment	What is the biblical argument against Papal Succession? @Narnian What answer do you expect to receive for the question? I have answered the question, "None"; and then gone on to demonstrate that there is none by looking at other sources. I could just have stopped at "None", because there isn't any argument against Succession to find; but I suspect that that would not have sufficed either!
Jan 7	comment	What is a Consistory? Is this Spanish or Italian? Or Latin?
Jan 6	comment	Why is “We Three Kings” a Christmas hymn, and not a Lenten one? I've used Bethlehem Down halfway between Epiphany and Lent in the past, to Peter Warlock's setting as a choir piece (rather than Sting). It's a useful turning-point from one to the other.
Jan 6	comment	How did Elizabeth know the name was “John” I guess that Zechariah did do something to explain his loss of speech to Elizabeth, including his verbal exchange with the angel and what the name of the child should be. It would be rather strange if a wife simply accepted her husband had become dumb and didn't want to know what had happened.
Jan 6	revised	What is the biblical argument against Papal Succession? Clarified an analysis of a quote
Jan 6	answered	What is the biblical argument against Papal Succession?
Jan 5	comment	Did John 14:6 apply before the birth of Christ? A prior question might be relevant here.
Jan 5	revised	Is communion service at the rail vs. in the pews a function of denomination or church size? Altar, not Alter, however life-changing it might be!
Jan 5	comment	Is communion service at the rail vs. in the pews a function of denomination or church size? A small note to relieve the uncertainty of paragraph two: in the Anglican churches of the Church of England additional ministers need to be proposed by the parish and approved by the bishop. There may be training involved too.
Jan 4	comment	Apostolic Succession in the Catholic church @svidgen Actually, apostolic succession means something completely different, as you have detailed in your answer. The question isn't about apostolic succession; it's "What about the other apostles -- Peter is Pope, where are the others?" The question title may have to be adjusted to remove the technical term.
Jan 3	comment	Apostolic Succession in the Catholic church Yes: a Patriarch is the head of a major part of the Catholic/Orthodox Church. The Coptic Pope is a Patriarch; there are Patriarchs in the East (and the Ecumenical Patriarch) and the Pope is the Patriarch of the Western Church, even if he doesn't call himself that at the moment.
Jan 3	answered	Apostolic Succession in the Catholic church
Jan 3	comment	What is the basis for the practice of Intinction (the dipping of the bread into wine during the Eucharist)? Intinction is only a defence against disease if done circumspectly: the priest must intinct, being careful not to touch the wine with his fingers, and must then place the wafer directly on the tongue of the communicant, again being careful not to touch any part of the recipient. If the communicant intincts for himself, or the priest contaminates either himself or the wine, it is pointless. During the avian flu "epidemic" in the UK, the Church of England simply withheld the cup altogether.
Dec 9	comment	Why is “JESUS” in white on green? If it's any consolation, I didn't vote Too Localised, but that reason did have the most votes. I chose Off Topic. I suspect the reasoning about the colour goes something like: Red, too aggressive; Blue, too dark; Yellow, too light; Purple, too drab; Has to be green. Green's fairly neutral.
Dec 9	comment	Why is “JESUS” in white on green? I think this is actually a design question, not a theology question.
Dec 8	comment	To Arians and Jehovah's Witnesses: Does your theology admit that God was at one point ἄλογος? I think it's a bit far-fetched to claim that God without the Word was irrational, basing that premise entirely on the technicalities of Greek. It is a false logic.
Dec 6	answered	What does INRI stand for?
Dec 6	comment	Why does the NWT capitalize “YOU” in many verses? I find it incredibly distracting. Capital YOU generally means emphasis, "Let each one of *you* be baptised" (rather than *them* in that group over there).