Blair Converts to Catholicism

[Oswald von Wolkenstein]

x

[Marie Louise von Preussen]

Does he matter for the world any longer? No, I say, so that's quite pointless. Just a personal decision from a former Prime Minister.

[Ferrets54]

Non-news. He has always been officially a high anglican, his entire family is catholic and he has been a practicing catholic for years.

[Aru]

It would be bigger news if he became Muslim.

[BuchVecny]

hes catholic and what... he doesnt have any function now... it wont upset anyone

[Ferrets54]

Um, he is sort of international peace envoy to the middle east.

[jankren]

Catholicism and Anglicanism are almost the same anyway.

[Tajir]

Firstly, let me get the most important issue out of the way, it is my 1000th post at TWCenter.

Secondly, this is not a good thing for Blair to become Catholic, it just means that Europe's biggest (little) power is now on the side of the Vatican.

[boofhead]

Catholicism and Anglicanism are almost the same anyway.

:hmmm: Why do you think this, jankren? I was raised as an Anglican and they are about as protestant as you can get. There is no Pope, no Saints you can pray to, no Limbo, no confession for the Anglican whatsoever.....

Regarding Blair's conversion. Good on him. Each to their own.

[jankren]

:hmmm: Why do you think this, jankren? I was raised as an Anglican and they are about as protestant as you can get. There is no Pope, no Saints you can pray to, no Limbo, no confession for the Anglican whatsoever.....

Regarding Blair's conversion. Good on him. Each to their own.

Well thats what my teacher told me that the teachings of Catholicism and Anglicanism are not that different.

[HorseArcher]

Is this like a media stunt to have Blair in the news again?

It's like posting pictures of Britney's vagina , because she needs to be in the news periodically , otherwise we might just forget about her very fast.

[Rhinosaur]

Is this like a media stunt to have Blair in the news again?

It's like posting pictures of Britney's vagina , because she needs to be in the news periodically , otherwise we might just forget about her very fast.

No, Ferrets is right. It was pretty widely known that Blair had planned to convert officially to Catholicism after his term was up.

[Lord Consul]

:hmmm: Why do you think this, jankren? I was raised as an Anglican and they are about as protestant as you can get. There is no Pope, no Saints you can pray to, no Limbo, no confession for the Anglican whatsoever.....

Regarding Blair's conversion. Good on him. Each to their own.

There's no Pope, but there is an ecclesiastical hierarchy. And Anglicans do believe in Saints. Charles I of England, for example, has been canonized by the Anglican Church after the Reformation, so the Anglican Church has not only kept the Saints canonized in its Catholic, but created Saints of its own.

There was even a conference (Lambeth), back in 1958, about the commemoration of Saints in the Anglican Faith : http://www.lambethconference.org/res...58/1958-79.cfm

About Blair: The Catholic Church is like crack. It's extremely easy to get into it. But almost impossible to get out. I went to the local parish as soon as I turned 18 and required my certificate of desbaptism. They refused. I guess I'll have to kill a Priest and be excommunicated in order to officially leave Catholicism (a faith I've never been part of, I was only baptised because my grandfather insisted).

[Rhinosaur]

There's no Pope, but there is an ecclesiastical hierarchy. And Anglicans do believe in Saints. Charles I of England, for example, has been canonized by the Anglican Church after the Reformation, so the Anglican Church has not only kept the Saints canonized in its Catholic, but created Saints of its own.

There was even a conference (Lambeth), back in 1958, about the commemoration of Saints in the Anglican Faith : http://www.lambethconference.org/res...58/1958-79.cfm

About Blair: The Catholic Church is like crack. It's extremely easy to get into it. But almost impossible to get out. I went to the local parish as soon as I turned 18 and required my certificate of desbaptism. They refused. I guess I'll have to kill a Priest and be excommunicated in order to officially leave Catholicism (a faith I've never been part of, I was only baptised because my grandfather insisted).

They stole your soul man, there's no going back.

[Kiljan Arslan]

Great I'd suggest they excommunicate him though for being such a lapdog.

[Oswald von Wolkenstein]

x

[Rhinosaur]

Hmmm Catholic Chuch is like crack? makes you dizzy, violent, and an oversexed freak who can't dance? Yes but unlike crack, it's not cheap and doesn't necessarily make you want more.

That's not true, for the following reasons: Catholics dance better than Protestants, and the Church doesn't force you to tithe, so you can pretty much free load your way to salvation if you don't mind a few dirty looks every now and then.

and, alas, You can't be "unbaptized" any more than you could have your original foreskin attached if you were circumcised. But it doesn't mean that you can't leave the church, you're quite welcome to. What it means is that they church always has to take you back.

This is true.

[Matty_P]

Well thats what my teacher told me that the teachings of Catholicism and Anglicanism are not that different.

well my teacher told me that all men are equal! lies!!!

()

[jankren]

well my teacher told me that all men are equal! lies!!!

()

Of course it is a lie because I for example am better than you.

[Kiljan Arslan]

Well we all knew that.