Blackrook
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I'm divorced and I want to date women. The Catholic Church teaches that if I have sex with a woman other than my ex-wife, I'm committing adultery. That's because in the eyes of the Catholic Church, I'm still married to my ex-wife.
I tried the Epsicopalians. I liked their service, which is similar to a Catholic Mass, even with the Eucharist.
But I asked their priest the following question, "Do Episcopalians believe the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ."
He said, "I do. But some in my parish don't, and that's okay with me."
I remembered a homily of a Catholic priest I'd heard a few weeks earlier. According to a poll, a certain percentage of Catholics believe the Eucharist is only a symbol. He was outraged. He told us under no circumstances was a Catholic supposed to believe that.
So that's the difference between the Catholic Church and the Episcopalian Church. Catholic priests concern themselves with what their parishioners believe, Episcopalian priests do not.
I have to be a Catholic. Also, I believe the Church is correct to say divorced people can't have sex with other people. Jesus said it himself and it's quoted in the Gospels.
But that leaves me in the lurch. I have to get an annulment or continue my sinful ways.
I tried the Epsicopalians. I liked their service, which is similar to a Catholic Mass, even with the Eucharist.
But I asked their priest the following question, "Do Episcopalians believe the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ."
He said, "I do. But some in my parish don't, and that's okay with me."
I remembered a homily of a Catholic priest I'd heard a few weeks earlier. According to a poll, a certain percentage of Catholics believe the Eucharist is only a symbol. He was outraged. He told us under no circumstances was a Catholic supposed to believe that.
So that's the difference between the Catholic Church and the Episcopalian Church. Catholic priests concern themselves with what their parishioners believe, Episcopalian priests do not.
I have to be a Catholic. Also, I believe the Church is correct to say divorced people can't have sex with other people. Jesus said it himself and it's quoted in the Gospels.
But that leaves me in the lurch. I have to get an annulment or continue my sinful ways.