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Panis Angelicus
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Originally posted by CorgiGreta:
In the United States, there is no divide between Anglo-Catholics and "the rest" regarding addressing a priest as father. Here, for example is a local full-fledged evangelical parish that has no qualms about adddressing their rector as "Father".
http://stjamesnewportbeach.org/
Dear Greta,
I think this may be true in some evangelical congregations, but it has not in my experience been true across the board. Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Diocese) has its fair share of Low Church clergymen who would still prefer to be called (and are called) "Mr." This has also been true within my hearing in parishes throughout Maryland and Virginia.
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"Was there any difficulty in the Bishop's putting his hand in your bosom, arising from the fashion of your dress?"--Trial of Bishop Onderdonk of New York, 1844, p. 62.
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CorgiGreta
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Panis,
I should have stated that the divide would be among "the rest", and I think it tends to vary by diocese. In the (not particularly high) diocese of Los Angeles, all four evangelical parishes address their priests as "Father", as do countless m.o.t.r. parishes. At the other extreme, I have the impression that in Virginia, use of the term "Father" would be considered hopeless Papalism. In Fond du Lac, on the other hand, failure to use the term would be a sure sign of unsoundness.
Greta
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