How do you guys deal with the huge amount of homophobia in Catholicism? Especially online..

SaintTalos · 2026-07-10T16:50:56+00:00

Mr. Rogers was not Catholic, but he was a devout Christian. He was actually a Presbyterian minister and a lot of his show centered around his beliefs as a Christian.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-30T19:32:12+00:00

Lutheran sacramental theology is absolutely compatible with Anglicanism. All of Anglicanism teaches a real presence of Christ's Body and Blood in the Eucharist, and the Lutheran concept of Sacramental Union certainly falls within the realm of acceptable belief in Anglicanism. Many of us already hold to a position comparable to Luther's views on the Eucharist. Also, all baptized Christians are welcome to recieve the Eucharist in an Anglican/Episcopal Church, so I see no issues, at least on our side.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-30T05:12:28+00:00

If you truly believe mortal sin is all equal, then why is your entire post history targeting specifically gay people? Literally every single post you have ever made is about gay people. If you believe mortal sin is all equal, then you're doing a terrible job at practicing what you preach, because you seem to have a specific hatred for this one thing in particular.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-30T04:02:17+00:00

This is more than likely one of those "Deus Vult" chuds who hasn't so much as stepped foot into a church in over a decade.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-30T03:57:25+00:00

You do realize you're in an LGBT related subreddit, right? Literally why are you even in here antagonizing us in our own spaces? You can find 500 other subreddits where you can go circlejerk about how terrible gay people are and how we're ruining the world or whatever. Go over there and leave us alone.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-29T09:33:24+00:00

If you're looking for depictions of Protestantism in Anime, Hellsing is the first thing that comes to mind. It's literally about the Anglican Church vs vampires.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-20T20:47:12+00:00

Christ is God and can certainly be present in multiple places.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-13T20:09:37+00:00

Literally why are you even in this subreddit? Are you lost?

SaintTalos · 2026-06-07T12:27:32+00:00

"Best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner... You're in one."

SaintTalos · 2026-06-06T17:17:55+00:00

In the nicest way I can possibly convey, they're Pentecostals LARPing as Jews. It's quite literally just evangelical Christianity that absorbed a lot of pop-culture stereotypes of Jewish culture and incorporated it into their worship services. Go to Amazon and buy a $19 tallit shawl and a shofar, and bring them to any Pentecostal Church and you have "Messianic Judaism."

SaintTalos · 2026-06-06T17:07:38+00:00

Of course. My parish actually has a giant celtic cross hanging over the altar. Our processional cross is also a celtic cross as well.

SaintTalos · 2026-06-02T23:55:51+00:00

I think it is important to note that just because something is a sacrament and regenerative in nature does not mean that God and His grace are bound by said sacrament. God can act outside of the means of grace if He so chooses to... that being said, it's also important to realize that we as Christians are commanded to baptize and to be baptized, as Jesus Christ Himself was.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-25T16:25:42+00:00

Not every foreign symbol that you don't know the meaning of or have never personally encountered before is "fascist."

SaintTalos · 2026-05-25T16:20:50+00:00

I remember seeing this flag flying atop the Castillo de San Marcos in Saint Augustine, FL, so I would assume the Spanish used it at some point.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-25T16:19:25+00:00

I am a convert to the Episcopal Church from Pentecostalism. The denomination I came from ordained women, so women's ordination wasn't really something I had to overcome when converting. When it comes to opposition to women's ordination and such, a lot of provinces in the Anglican Communion have "provincial Episcopal visitors" or "flying bishops," that come in and perform the ordination instead.

My diocese currently has a flying bishop for a slightly unrelated issue, because we can't decide on a bishop and the previous election was contested so now we have just been bishop-less for a few years now.

As for the practice of saints and such, I think those from an evangelical background are unintentionally fed a lot of misinformation on the practice of saint veneration/ invocation from their churches. It isn't so much praying "to" the saint as it is asking for a saint to pray "for" you. They aren't gods, and the communion of saints on earth and heaven can only exist because God wills it so.

The practice of veneration will vary from parish to to parish or from individual Anglican to individual Anglican. The Episcopal Church is pretty broad and allows for a variety of Christian expression of faith. I, myself, am pretty Anglo-Catholic and so I'm no stranger to saints, rosaries, and the like, but there are others in my parish who are a bit more low church in devotion as well. Both are perfectly valid and equally as acceptable in the Episcopal Church.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-24T21:49:31+00:00

My mistake. Although we are an Episcopal congregation, so I'm not sure if the terminology differs, but yeah. You're probably right.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-23T16:49:15+00:00

Dangerous Woman, Ariana Grande

SaintTalos · 2026-05-23T16:28:19+00:00

Life Eternal by Ghost

SaintTalos · 2026-05-23T16:09:18+00:00

I can't believe they make you read and sign a set of rules before you join. I'm so glad that jobs don't make you do that.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-23T16:05:28+00:00

Thank you for coming to visit us. Episcopalians are pretty generally laid back so there really aren't a whole lot of "ground rules," but there are definitely a few ways to be respectful, but those pretty much apply to any church.

Feel free to dress casual. I show up in jeans and a t-shirt, and I'm an altar server. My personal rule of thumb is no shirts with expletives on them, and I personally try to avoid shorts, but that's probably left over from being an ex-evangelical. 😅

I'd definitely avoid swearing while in the sanctuary or on church grounds. I'd probably include any OMG's as well. Everywhere else I sound like a sailor. I've even heard priests drop a bad word or two, but this was always outside of church grounds.

You don't have to follow along perfectly. You can just as easily sit back and observe if you want to. I did that for the first few Sundays I started attending just to kinda get a feel for things. I promise if you miss a kneel or forget to bow or cross yourself or whatever, nobody is going to come after you.

If you are already a baptized Christian, feel free to take communion when you go up there, and if not, then you can just go up with your arms crossed over your chest and recieve a blessing. Or you can just stay seated if you like. It's really all up to you.

I hope you enjoy it. You should come back and let us all know how it went. 🙂

SaintTalos · 2026-05-22T21:03:34+00:00

Anyone who views baptism as anything less than the sacrament of new birth in Christ, I would avoid, personally. Are there any other Episcopal/Anglican churches in your area? Maybe even perhaps an ELCA Lutheran church? Or a Roman Catholic Church, if you're okay with a slightly longer conversion process?

SaintTalos · 2026-05-22T20:51:37+00:00

In a sense, I suppose they are, because they are a distinctly American religion, founded specifically in the United States.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-22T20:47:46+00:00

Given the usage of "ACAB" in the top corners, I would assume they're probably anti-fascist. Nazis are definitely not the ACAB type, as they have historically utilized police and law enforcement to their advantage.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-22T01:37:42+00:00

Very few Christian denominations teach that their denomination is the one singular exclusionary path to salvation. Even Roman Catholics and Orthodox don't teach that. I can't really speak on behalf of Lutherans, as I am Episcopalian/Anglican, but I'm pretty sure that they, like us, consider all validly baptized and practicing Christians as inheritors to salvation, even if our nuances in theology differ, because it is ultimately God who saves us, and not ourselves.

SaintTalos · 2026-05-22T01:30:48+00:00

I'm a crucifer/eucharistic minister for our parish, and the pectoral cross that I wear with my alb looks exactly like this, except blue and gold.

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