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The tussle over where the remains of King Richard III are to be buried rattles on with suggestions that he should be received and re-interred at York Cathedral, Leicester Cathedral or Westminster Abbey.
This is a Catholic King we are talking about and whilst, all of the above mentioned churches were once Catholic, they are Catholic no longer.
Not to labour the point but they are all Protestant and, whichever way you package it, that means that they are heretical - not in communion with the one true Church, in fact, very much out of communion with the OTC.
The letters pages in today's Daily Telegraph carry yet another venue that is totally inappropriate:-
Sir - I too am a descendant of Edward IV, (well you should know better, then) via his daughter Elizabeth of York and her marriage to Henry Tudor.
Would the Queen consider allowing Richard III's remains to be interred in St George's Chapel, Windsor, where his brother, Edward lies?
Elizabeth Bembridge
Well Mrs Bembridge, perhaps a solution to this problem would be for the Protestant Church to return one or all of the Cathedrals and Chapels that were stolen from the Catholic Church.
Then, King Richard could be buried in York, Westminster, Windsor, Chipping Sodbury or, anywhere, for that matter, that was of the same Faith as him.
Strictly speaking not Protestant but catholic and Reformed i.e. Anglican. A distinction RCs don't always get, but an important one.
ReplyDeleteThe ideal place would be a Catholic abbey with royal connections. How about Farnborough Abbey? According to Wikipedia, "The Abbey was founded in 1881 by the Empress Eugénie (1826–1920) as a mausoleum for her late husband Napoleon III (1808–1873), and their son the Prince Imperial (1856–1879), both of whom rest in the Imperial Crypt, along with Eugénie herself, all in granite sarcophagi provided by Queen Victoria".
ReplyDeleteJonty, I'm sorry but I don't buy that. If you look for the definition of Anglican it is always linked to the Church of England - Protestant.
ReplyDeleteMark, any Catholic Abbey would be fine in my book; some might say that Farnborough is too "new" for Richard.
Sorry Jonty,
ReplyDeleteCatholic teaching clearly states that protestant, non-conformist, and free-churches are heretical. Catholic and reformed is a misnomer. 'Branch theory' is invalid as well.
Strictly speaking not Catholic and reformed but deluded and protestant: an important distinction that DPs sometimes fail to get.
ReplyDeleteSimon Platt
“a solution to this problem would be for the Protestant Church to return one or all of the Cathedrals and Chapels that were stolen from the Catholic Church”
ReplyDeleteBe careful what you wish for, you might get it!
And with the ever decreasing Catholic Mass attendance, thanks to the post-Vatican II shambles, which I see no willingness to put right on the part of our prelates, let alone recognise, we might have some little difficulty in maintaining them – not to mention filling them!
Interesting point, Jacobi. But in the highly unlikely event that we should have our churches returned to us I would imagine a few religious orders like the FSSP would have no difficulty in staffing them.
DeleteNow maintaining them is quite another matter entirely!
With my opinion, a solution to this problem would be for the Protestant Church to return one or all of the Cathedrals and Chapels that were taken from the Catholic Church.
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