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Gloria Mundi
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Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2008 10:38 am |
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Does the Orthodox Church consider conversion to the Roman Catholic Church invalid ? If so, what is the difference between being received into the Orthodox church and the Roman Catholic Church ?.
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CajunRick
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Posted: Sat Mar 22nd, 2008 08:40 pm |
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Gloria Mundi wrote: Does the Orthodox Church consider conversion to the Roman Catholic Church invalid ? If so, what is the difference between being received into the Orthodox church and the Roman Catholic Church ?.
Catholics recognize all Orthodox sacraments, including the indelible ones (those that can be received only once). When a member of an Orthodox faith is accepted into the Catholic Church, only a profession of faith is required. No sacraments are repeated.
It is my understanding (and I may well be wrong) that Catholic indelible sacraments such as Confirmation and Holy Orders are not recognized by the Orthodox so a Catholic who joins the Orthodox faith is confirmed again, and a Catholic deacon or priest who wishes to exercise his ministry in an Orthodox Church is ordained again. The Orthodox recognize "one baptism for the forgiveness of sins" so Catholics (and most Protestants, for that matter) are not baptized again.
It is a good question, and I hope one of our Orthodox brothers or sisters can either confirm or correct what I posted.
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Gloria Mundi
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Posted: Mon Mar 31st, 2008 01:40 pm |
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Thank you Rick, you explained that really well, even though I asked the question in a muddled kind of way.
A little while back a member logged in on this forum who was a former member of the Orthodox Church and he gave a long explanation of why he converted to Catholocism. I meant to save his post so that I can digest it when I had a bit more time, but now I can't find it. Perhaps you can help Rick.
Again, many thanks for your reply.
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