Wesley (back in England) was very methodical in his Bible studies. So his followers, who kept to a schedule, were said to be methodists in following his lead. (This is what I was told.)
Methodists are BIG on food. Church pot lucks were amazing when I was younger. (Most women did not work outside the home so dishes were beyond excellent.)
Well, I'm pretty sure that the United Church of Methodical Homophobes or whatever they'll call themselves won't be the ones retaining custody of "do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."
My father's church was Missouri up until the split... there were a bunch of small Lutheran synods, mostly ethnic (Swedish, German, English Speaking German, etc.) scattered around the midwest, and the Missouri Synod's seminary had been taken over by fundamentalists, so they all just left Missouri for the lunatics, and banded together for their own survival.
What's ironic is that there are "old Catholic" denominations ("Old" meaning they rejected the 1870 Vatican council, not that they're even more retro than the Roman church) that are Catholic in beliefs, but not in the various disciplines. Several do have married, woman, and or gay clergy. Some (like the Apostolic Church of Brazil, one of the larger Old Catholic denominations) permit divorce and abortion as well.
Usually some variation of "Apostolic" in their name, claiming their leadership goes back in an unbroken line to Peter. These denominations are very common in the German speaking parts of Europe (and are the state church in a few Swiss Cantons) and here in Latin America. They're sort of like the Anglicans, having started with Roman clerics, who could (in theory) trace their lineage back to Peter.
They are... half way anyway. The Amazonian Synod was largely about allowing the local Bishops more leeway in practices that aren't in conflict with the core doctrine. The same issue came up in the 1870s, over Papal Infallibility, leading to various "schismatic" Catholic denominations, and a few new "Old Catholic" ones over the years... most are super liberal, though there are a couple (like Mel Gibson's denomination) for the smells and bells Catholics that think Popes have been too liberal since 1958.
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Wesley (back in England) was very methodical in his Bible studies. So his followers, who kept to a schedule, were said to be methodists in following his lead. (This is what I was told.)
Methodists are BIG on food. Church pot lucks were amazing when I was younger. (Most women did not work outside the home so dishes were beyond excellent.)
I thought Kim Davis was on marriage #5.
$66 million is nothing. Look at the cost for planes and boats in the Defense Dept. for real money.
I thought about that, but I wasn't ready to test church doctrine on lips and assholes, although we now know much more about THAT.
Roger that.
The greatest religious joke of all time. Bar none.
Well, I'm pretty sure that the United Church of Methodical Homophobes or whatever they'll call themselves won't be the ones retaining custody of "do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can."
Except Methodists are a split from the Anglicans, so are closer to being Catholics than Lutherans.
My father's church was Missouri up until the split... there were a bunch of small Lutheran synods, mostly ethnic (Swedish, German, English Speaking German, etc.) scattered around the midwest, and the Missouri Synod's seminary had been taken over by fundamentalists, so they all just left Missouri for the lunatics, and banded together for their own survival.
Or, at least that's how it was 'splained to me.
What's ironic is that there are "old Catholic" denominations ("Old" meaning they rejected the 1870 Vatican council, not that they're even more retro than the Roman church) that are Catholic in beliefs, but not in the various disciplines. Several do have married, woman, and or gay clergy. Some (like the Apostolic Church of Brazil, one of the larger Old Catholic denominations) permit divorce and abortion as well.
Usually some variation of "Apostolic" in their name, claiming their leadership goes back in an unbroken line to Peter. These denominations are very common in the German speaking parts of Europe (and are the state church in a few Swiss Cantons) and here in Latin America. They're sort of like the Anglicans, having started with Roman clerics, who could (in theory) trace their lineage back to Peter.
I guess the mother church has more splitters than I ever knew about. Funny, they never mentioned any of those guys in my 7th grade catechism class :)
They are... half way anyway. The Amazonian Synod was largely about allowing the local Bishops more leeway in practices that aren't in conflict with the core doctrine. The same issue came up in the 1870s, over Papal Infallibility, leading to various "schismatic" Catholic denominations, and a few new "Old Catholic" ones over the years... most are super liberal, though there are a couple (like Mel Gibson's denomination) for the smells and bells Catholics that think Popes have been too liberal since 1958.