Circus show at downtown church
The Anglican church that used to be called St James and is now St Jax is hosting a circus show. The faithful sit still while a bishop shinnies down a rope and administers Communion. Well, no. Too bad – it might go viral.
GC 11:37 on 2019-02-17 Permalink
HA. I’d pay to see that! Do the Anglican even take Communion?
Kate 12:57 on 2019-02-17 Permalink
From things I’ve read, I understand that they do. They have a different philosophical attitude towards it than Roman Catholics, but they still do some form of bread and wine.
Tim S 13:25 on 2019-02-17 Permalink
Almost all Christians have some form of communion, but it’s only Catholics and Orthodox that believe in Transubstantiation – that the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Christ. The rest have either a symbolic or spiritual interpretation of the bread and wine.
GC 17:00 on 2019-02-17 Permalink
Since I am ostensibly Anglican, I should possibly know that but I’ve never been practicing. I just know that it never seems to come up at the funerals for the Anglican side of my family, but it does for the Catholic side. (In which case the priest usually lets it know in uncertain terms not to come up for it if you’re not actually Catholic…)
dwgs 17:37 on 2019-02-17 Permalink
Lapsed Anglican here, yes they do communion.
Ian 17:13 on 2019-02-18 Permalink
Worth noting Anglicans are still Catholic with a few notable differences from Roman Catholics like the Queen or King of England is the head of the Church, not the Pope, and they allow divorce. In fact an Anglican priest can marry and still become a Roman Catholic priest – but only a lay priest, they aren’t allowed to give communion. My mother married an Anglican priest who returned to the Roman Catholic Church later in life.
Blork 19:43 on 2019-02-18 Permalink
Also, Anglicans don’t genuflect or cross themselves. And statistically speaking, the priests are less rapey.
Tim 21:05 on 2019-02-18 Permalink
@Ian: other differences include: no belief in purgatory, female ministers are accepted in the Anglican faith, no confession, no focus around Mary as exists in Catholicism, ministers can marry…