The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Reformed Episcopal Denomination

No need to patronize me with the word "Mass". I was raised Roman Catholic. The words Sacrifice and Mass have always gone hand in hand. <br>Lest you think I lie, at www.catholic.net, I read "it must be Jesus Christ whose death on the Cross is re-enacted in the Sacrifice of the Mass", and "The Sacrifice of the Mass communicates, you might say radiates, the divine assistance that our wills need to surrender themselves to the mysterious and often demanding will of God", etc. etc. <br>Another interesting source is http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10006a.htm.<br>Furthermore, read any official Papal proclamations, and you will see phrases such as "The Sacrifice of the Mass". <br>Additionally, I notice you have still not answered any of the other questions, such as regarding crucifixes, the altar, preaching as the focus, etc.<br><br>Let me PLEASE reiterate, I asked questions about the Reformed Episcopal Church. Instead of answering said questions, you have attempted to change the subject and ask about Presbyterian worship of the Lord's Supper. This would be akin to an attorney asking the defendant where he was at 6:30PM on March 1st, and the defendent saying, "No, Mr. Attorney, where were YOU at 6:30PM on March 1st". <br><br>Steve C<br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Let me PLEASE reiterate, I asked questions about the Reformed Episcopal Church. Instead of answering said questions, you have attempted to change the subject and ask about Presbyterian worship of the Lord's Supper.</font><hr></blockquote><p>[img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/laugh.gif" alt="laugh" title="laugh[/img]Actually Steve, what Prestor did was nothing more than what Jesus Christ did when they questioned Him..... ask them by what authority they asked their questions. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/tongue.gif" alt="tongue" title="tongue[/img] And, as any "good attorney" (oxymoron) would also iterate, YOU broached the subject when you came on so strongly and demanded to know "where in the Bible" does one find the sanction for using an altar, etc... It is only right that someone else, picking up on your question (asked as if it were directed to a hostile witness), should ask the same of you, i.e., where in the Bible do you find the warrant, command, etc., for a pulpit, table, etc.. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/evilgrin.gif" alt="evilgrin" title="evilgrin[/img] You remember that old saying don't you? "What goes around, comes around." or perhaps.... "What's fair is fair!"?? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/rofl.gif" alt="rofl" title="rofl[/img]<br><br>So, let's play nice shall we. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink[/img]<br><br>In His Grace,

You know, you are RIGHT! I do have no authority to question. I guess I should have never left the Roman Catholic Church, because it was my erring questioning of the Roman Catholic Church that caused me to leave.<br>Steve