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Can a Catholic go to an Episcopal church?

One can take part in an Episcopalian Communion whether one is an Episcopal or not, but one cannot participate in a Catholic Communion unless one is Catholic.

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And another question, what do you have to believe to be an episcopalian?

What does the Episcopal Church believe? We Episcopalians believe in a loving, liberating, and life-giving God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Moreover, how does a catholic convert to episcopalian? You also don't have to do anything to "convert" - the Episcopalians "receive" Roman Catholics as part of their natural clan. If you were going the other direction though, you would have to take classes and convert. there are usually lots of classes to take in the episcopal church, but none are required.

And another question, what does it mean to be confirmed in anglican church?

Confirmation is a popular practice in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches where infant baptism is also performed. It enables a baptised person to confirm the promises made on their behalf at baptism. It is also a sign of full membership to the Christian community. One may also ask what is a proper in the episcopal church? The proper (Latin: proprium) is a part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical year, or of a particular saint or significant event.

Do Episcopalians have transubstantiation?

The Episcopal church does not believe in transubstantiation; it believes in consubstantiation. That is the basis for why a RC cannot accept Communion at an Episcopal church. Do Episcopalians pray the rosary? The rosary is not a particularly common devotion for Episcopalians. In fact, the invention of the so-called Anglican rosary in the latter half of the last century was intended to give Episcopalians a way of praying with beads without being associated with anything that seemed too Roman Catholic.

Why did the Episcopal Church split?

The Communion has been divided globally and in the United States for years over issues from gay rights to women's ordination to how to read the Bible. The dispute has led to multimillion-dollar lawsuits over who has the right to church properties. Do Episcopalians drink alcohol? The Episcopal Church, along with other "mainline" Protestant denominations, the Roman Catholic Church and the major American branches of Judaism, allows its members to consume alcohol.

Keeping this in consideration, what do episcopalians believe happens after death?

It is believed that when a person dies, the Holy Spirit is released from the body to be returned to to God while the body is returned to the earth that had sustained it through life.

By Linda Dus

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