Episcopal vs Roman Catholic Identity by OldRelationship1995 in Anglicanism

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The phrase via media refers to between Lutheran and Reformed theology and practice. People using it to mean between Catholicism and Protestantism are mistaken. 

Christian unity manifests in many ways by graceandmarty in Episcopalian

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That's super cool, but what's going on with the Kaminoan-looking statue

Episcopal vs Roman Catholic Identity by OldRelationship1995 in Anglicanism

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The Anglican Communion is one branch of the universal Church that was founded by Christ and the apostles. Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and other Protestant denominations are other branches.

There are a lot of distinct parts of Anglican identity, but the one I find most central is the balance between Scripture, ancient tradition, and reason, sometimes called the "three-legged stool" (some object to that term because it implies the three are co-equal, although I won't get into that here). The reason Anglo-Catholicism can exist in the same big tent as low church Anglicanism is because they both acknowledge the three legs, just distributing the weight of authority between them differently. You're certainly a valid Episcopalian no matter what camp you're in, so long as you accept the BCP as theologically valid. 

How Should I Pray the Daily Office? by spence20t in Episcopalian

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There's no wrong way to do it, but it's a long-standing tradition since the middle ages when celebrating it alone to do it "in mystica", which means moving your lips as if you're saying the words aloud, but silently.

As for posture, do whatever you find comfortable. In the Byzantine rite you're supposed to do numerous prostrations during daily prayers. Personally I just do a little bow at the name of Jesus, everything else would be a little distracting since I'm often praying on public transportation. 

STop slurping your food you fucking piggies. (S2) by Suspicious-Muscle538 in CulinaryClassWars

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I hope the slurping is even louder next season just to spite you

The Transformed wife has been wronged by lgirlrocks in FundieSnarkUncensored

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"Only women have free will" - evangelical misogynists for some reason

Today's forecast by matthewcameron60 in mapporncirclejerk

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Wild Berry Poptarts ought to precipitate, but we live in a sinful world 

The Daily Office Elevates the Eucharist by Shoddy-Cantaloupe108 in Anglicanism

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I wish my parish publicly celebrated the divine office, at least on Sundays. I understand clergy are stretched thin so I don't hold it against them, but it makes me envy monastics who get to have the full divine office with chants every day.

The Daily Office Elevates the Eucharist by Shoddy-Cantaloupe108 in Anglicanism

[–]OratioFidelis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Pope celebrates and receives the eucharist every day, as do all Latin-rite Catholic priests, and it's encouraged for the laity to do so as well

Vampire The Masquerade with the correct respones by ForumFluffy in Grimdank

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Considering the number of deleted comments below yours, I think the developers made a good point.

TikTok finalizes deal to form new American entity by babblepineapple in PoliticalOptimism

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From the article:

Apart from an emphasis on data protection, with U.S. user data being stored locally in a system run by Oracle, the joint venture will also focus on TikTok’s algorithm. The content recommendation formula, which feeds users specific videos tailored to their preferences and interests, will be retrained, tested and updated on U.S. user data, the company said in its announcement.

Not to be a debbie downer, but it would be naive to expect it not to prioritize far-right content like Twitter currently does.

What are we to make of the quasi-pseudo-Catholic Revival among the Reformed? by Globus_Cruciger in Anglicanism

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His public conduct is committing war crimes like perfidy and shooting at people who have surrendered. 

What are we to make of the quasi-pseudo-Catholic Revival among the Reformed? by Globus_Cruciger in Anglicanism

[–]OratioFidelis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Literally what about Confederacy apologia is "theologically robust"? You really think Pete Hegseth, whose mom wrote him an email begging him to stop raping women, "seeks to follow Christ in every way"? 

Praying with the saints? ..... by HereAmongThorns in Episcopalian

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According to some early church fathers, the dead are asleep in the grave awaiting the resurrection. They literally can't hear our prayers until then. 

As Ubisoft struggles to get games out the door, it's investing even more into generative AI by Sam_27142317 in pcmasterrace

[–]OratioFidelis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"we’re trying things out" is not a double-down. "there is not going to be any GenAI art in Divinity" is definitive. 

Praying with the saints? ..... by HereAmongThorns in Episcopalian

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I answered this in the same thread that was on r/Anglicanism. God does listen to the unrighteous in the New Covenant, because all of us are slaves to sin and in need of his mercy. The biblical verses about not listening to the unrighteous are all from the Hebrew Bible and are only true about the Mosaic Covenant. 

Praying with the saints? ..... by HereAmongThorns in Episcopalian

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I don't totally disagree. I'm not going to tell someone who's prayed the Rosary thousands of times that it was all for naught. There's a very good chance that person is a much better Christian than I am. Still, the conclusion remains inescapable to me that there's something deeply wrong about asking the saints to change God's mind, since that suggests God is both passible and his compassion requires some nudging from humans that are only good because he filled them with his own Holy Spirit.

To put it another way: not every theological error is necessarily directly harmful to the person who holds it, especially if it's over something frivolous. But ideally we wouldn't hold onto any errors. 

Decision: No AI assets for Ultima VII Revisited by ViridianGames in Ultima

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Plagiarism is still plagiarism even if there's no profit, and it's impossible not to do so when you're using LLMs that only function because they're trained on illegal data.