Hi. I am 18 and baptized irish catholic. I am a transgender man and have had trouble finding my place. I will attend a service at my local episcopalian church because of this livestream. I listened to it at a pottery class. ❤
I'm very thankful for the ability to watch sermons like this. I unfortunately don't own a car or have any way to attend an Episcolian church in person, but this truly does help me feel connected and involved when I am limited in accessibility.
Ponte Verde is where I needed to be on my vacation, this is a great service and sermon on how not to be a doubting Thomas but a John the Fisherman. Suffer for those that suffer is a burden I have trouble bearing often but I don't mind bearing it. Forgiveness is not taught often enough.
God Bless. The Service, even though I watched it just now was inspiring and wonderful.. I am a member of the Episcopal Church of Atonement in Florida. Thank you once more..
I make the sign of the Cross mit meine left hand cause my rt elbow was broke a long time ago and I can't rotate my rt wrist German Philosopher Neitzeche is my Hero
I have questions, i haven't encountered many episcopalians, so i haven't got the chance to ask this: Are Episcopalians Reformed. What do Episcopalians think of Catholics Do Episcopalians pray to mary Do Episcopalians pray to Saints Do episcopalians use images, paintings, etc. to represent the divine, and pray to them Do Episcopalians believe in the 5 Solas of the Reformation Do Episcopalians believe Homosexuality is a Sin and homsexuals need to repent and turn away from that sin (I have seen many so called episcopalians, that are new age, modernists, that embrace that wikedness) ???? I Have many others, but from now, i would be glad if i could get a response on those... Thanks.
Hi David. Great questions. First, we believe God loves you, no matter what. Secondly we are an inclusive, affirming church, meaning we love you, and God loves you, regardless of who you love. For a deeper dive into what we believe and how we worship, I suggest this site: www.episcopalchurch.org/what-we-believe/
1. The Episcopal Church is the Anglican Church in America. It is more liberal than the Anglican Church in England and in Europe and Africa. Queen Elizabeth I advocated a middle ground between the TLM and Lutheranism. This is what we gave up when we split w/Rome: 1. The Latin Mass. 2. Mary 3. Ember Days 4. Rogation Days 5. Fish on Fridays 6. Celibate clergy 7. Observance of Saints' Days 8. Transubstantiation 9. Fancy churches (until Victorian times they were basically stone boxes&the altar a stone slab). 10. Vestments. Gaze upon a painting of Cotton, Richard&Increase Mather 11. Priest has to look the congregation in the eye 12. Men don't have it all to themselves. We have female priests. 13. Incense 14. Holy orders. We have a few, but we ignore them. 15. Cardinals 16. The Pope. The hierarchy ends with the Archbishop of Canterbury. 17. Heresy 18. Excommunication. We just ignore people. We don't excommunicate them. 19. Lent. Most churches observe it, and some have vigils and the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week, but not many The spectrum of conservatism is WIDE. My church doesn't marry gays. I am aro ace so I'm dumping my church because I won't marry: Marriage is an Episcopal sacrament too, which to me is horse hockey. Some churches marry gays. We have gay and lesbian priests and bishops. Most of us just think it's an orientation. I hope this helps.
We don't pray to saints, Mary or really to Jesus. He is our teacher and savior, but we don't pray to him. Mary gets short shrift. Every church has a copy of Butler's Lives of the Saints, and children probably learn about them in Sunday School, but we don't pray to them and we don't have statues of them sitting around in the church.
We have Morning Prayer every day. Some churches have Evening Prayer every day, but not all. On Sunday large churches will have Morning Prayer, Rite II at nine, Rite I at eleven, and Evening Prayer at five. Smaller churches will just have Morning Prayer and an eleven i'clock service, which Rite I.
Edward Franks thanks for sharing - you are correct this is a Rite II Holy Eucharist. We consider it to be a modern “traditional” expression of worship, especially in the context of the range of styles on offer at Christ Church, which also includes contemporary and Celtic inspired contemplative services. There is also a Rite I Traditional service at 7:30 a.m. but we don’t currently livestream that. Sorry for any confusion and we hope you have enjoyed the service.
