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We never stopped being part of the universal Catholic church, which is why we still state, "one holy Catholic and Apostollic church," in the Nicene Creed and we also mention it in the Apostles Creed; "we believe in: The Hly cathlic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the ressurrection of the body and the life everlasting." I know that some churches; particularly Methodists and Lutherans will tned to say; "one holy Christians church," so that they can avoid any aawkwardness about the word, "Catholic," which is synomymous with the Pope and Rome but it doesn't have to be. Int he Book of Common prayer it say's that if any mandisputes the apostallic succession of the Chruch of England then he is to be excommunicated and is only reconcilable by the Archbishop of canterbury. This is from the 1662 version.#
My mother grew up as a Methodist and she was only used to saying, "one holy Christian church," in the creed, so that by the time she was being Confirmed as an Anglican she did have some apprehension at saying, "I believe in one holy Catholic and Aposollic church" until she had it explained to her that the statement had nothing at all to do with the church of Rome specifically but the establisehd church as a whole and was a statement about Christian unity.
We never stopped being part of the universal Catholic church, which is why we still state, "one holy Catholic and Apostollic church," in the Nicene Creed and we also mention it in the Apostles Creed; "we believe in: The Hly cathlic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the ressurrection of the body and the life everlasting." I know that some churches; particularly Methodists and Lutherans will tned to say; "one holy Christians church," so that they can avoid any aawkwardness about the word, "Catholic," which is synomymous with the Pope and Rome but it doesn't have to be. Int he Book of Common prayer it say's that if any mandisputes the apostallic succession of the Chruch of England then he is to be excommunicated and is only reconcilable by the Archbishop of canterbury. This is from the 1662 version.#
My mother grew up as a Methodist and she was only used to saying, "one holy Christian church," in the creed, so that by the time she was being Confirmed as an Anglican she did have some apprehension at saying, "I believe in one holy Catholic and Aposollic church" until she had it explained to her that the statement had nothing at all to do with the church of Rome specifically but the establisehd church as a whole and was a statement about Christian unity.