tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763777887807344904.post1114958469437564429..comments2023-06-23T05:33:14.218-05:00Comments on Learning to Be a Newlywed: I'm sorry for making Americans look dumb...Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01805401564651493025noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763777887807344904.post-47535309795968128472008-07-24T11:28:00.000-05:002008-07-24T11:28:00.000-05:00To pick up the point made by 'Anonymous', Henry VI...To pick up the point made by 'Anonymous', Henry VIII, even after the break with Rome, did not introduce any new liturgy or theology. The old Roman Missal continued in use in England throughout his reign. In 1549, during the reign of his son Edward, the Missal was adopted in the vernacular, but largely remained the old Roman rite. Three years later, in 1552, the first really Protestant prayer book was introduced. All of this was removed by Queen Mary a few years later, and the Roman Catholic church was restored.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763777887807344904.post-8431710385215189062008-07-24T11:25:00.000-05:002008-07-24T11:25:00.000-05:00Bonnie, I'll try to answer your two questions...Fi...Bonnie, I'll try to answer your two questions...<BR/><BR/>First, the US Episacopal Church is a member of the Anglican Communion, and as such is an Anglican Church., Anglican churches generally are identified traditionally by asking whether they are in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury. There is, as you probably know, a lot of stuff going on around all this right now, but that's the formal position.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, it is true that a British Monarch cannot, under the law as it still stands, marry a Roman Catholic (I am adding the word 'Roman' not to be offensive, but to point out that many Anglicans regard themselves as 'catholic', as I do myself). It is an impossible prohibition to justify, but dates from the time when it was thought that the Pope claimed temporal (i.e. civil) jurisdiction over England. It is said that Queen Elizabeth would have no objection to this prohibition being repealed.<BR/><BR/>FerdinandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7763777887807344904.post-36652178343946094672008-07-24T09:15:00.000-05:002008-07-24T09:15:00.000-05:00I used to think the same thing. I'm so glad you a...I used to think the same thing. I'm so glad you asked the question. Even after watching the PBS special on Henry the VIII earlier in the year, it seemed as though he broke away and founded the Anglican faith based on his breaking away from Rome.<BR/><BR/>-RaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com