tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post7746078176772170562..comments2023-10-18T14:53:28.622+01:00Comments on Forest Murmurs: Meeting of the Northern TribunalsFr Michael Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-46645407061851538622009-10-20T16:27:18.336+01:002009-10-20T16:27:18.336+01:00I`m no expert on anything Orthodox. Clearly we dis...I`m no expert on anything Orthodox. Clearly we disagree about the validity of sacraments outside the church.<br /><br />I don`t know what they teach on contraception, abortion etc. but I`d be suprised if they differ from us.<br /><br />According to the 1967 Ecumenical directory, a Catholic who, for good reasons, occasionally attends the Orthodox Sunday Mass did fulfil his obligation. However the 1993 Ecumenical Directory does not mention this and so this privilege is presumed to have been revoked.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-65912756286940731322009-10-20T13:52:42.728+01:002009-10-20T13:52:42.728+01:00Father,
Would I fulfill my obligation if I attende...Father,<br />Would I fulfill my obligation if I attended a Russian Orthodox Mass?besshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214088441146492903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-83456105508207619192009-10-20T11:56:00.810+01:002009-10-20T11:56:00.810+01:00SooooOOOOOOoooo.... the bishop of Lancaster has a ...SooooOOOOOOoooo.... the bishop of Lancaster has a blog. Wasn't there some fuss recently over whether priests should be allowed to have blogs? Well, if the Bishop of Lnacaster can have one then I see no reason for any question over whether priests should have them.Harrumphernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-3291671399811894462009-10-20T05:39:48.221+01:002009-10-20T05:39:48.221+01:00they[THE Orthodox] would need a declaration of nul...<i>they[THE Orthodox] would need a declaration of nullity from a Catholic tribunal for their first (and second) marriage.</i><br /><br />Oh, no probs then.<br /><br />Do the Orthodox have a fixed teaching about abortion, artificial contraception, stem cell research, invitero fertilisation or does it vary from bishop to bishop?Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00403184829256955768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35539648.post-69970171429186717012009-10-19T22:25:06.004+01:002009-10-19T22:25:06.004+01:00Interesting about not recognising Orthodox marriag...Interesting about not recognising Orthodox marriages.<br /><br />Orthodox do not accept the validity of RC marriages and someone converting to Orthodoxy who has been married in the RCC is free to marry another Orthodox.<br /><br />Of course, ultimately, Orthodox do not believe sacraments can exist outside of the Church and so, from their perspective, regard both RC and Protestant sacraments as equally invalid.Basil Rnoreply@blogger.com