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  • Here Comes the Sun

    Rejoice, rejoice! The solstice is past.
    Here comes the sun.

14 responses to “Newman. Pope. Feast Day.”

  1. David | Dah•veed Avatar
    David | Dah•veed

    Well, el Papa, gave us the Ratsfinger again. Twice in one trip.

    http://mundabor.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/saucy-pope-wears-leo-xiiis-stole-in-westminster-abbey/

    That has to be a record! Twice in four days.

    Kelvin, do the RCs lump everyone in the Encyclical? I ask because your orders are not really English orders are they?

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  2. Kelvin Avatar
    Kelvin

    Thanks David | Dah•veed – I think that all Anglicans are lumped together. I am indeed not in English orders.

    Its worth reading Apostolicae Curae all the same. Much of the argument focuses on the actual form of the Anglican ordinal at the time.

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  3. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    David | Dah•veed,
    In fairness to Benedict, it was a very nice stole. One wonders if he has two millenia of papal vestments to chose from – The Vatican must have the Mother of all Dressing Up Cupboards! 🙂

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