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Tim Cooper - In Pace Requiescat

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REMEMBER thy servant, O Lord, according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, he may go from strength to strength, in the life of perfect service, in thy heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

UNTO God?s gracious mercy and protection we commit you. The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and evermore. Amen.

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carefully posted Friday, January 28, 2005, at 9:44 a.m., which was 3 years, 9 months ago.

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1 On Feb 1, 2008 at 11:09 p.m. Wes said

Do Episcopalians (not necessarily you, but the group in general) believe in post mortum blessings? What about prayers to saints?

On Feb 1, 2008 at 11:09 p.m. shelbybark said

I think that for Anglicans (which would include Episcopals), the answer is that it depends. There's a fairly large Anglo-Catholic influence in certain parts of the Anglican church. Even the 1928 BCP has some language that could be read that way. However, Roger consistently skips that portion of the sentence during the Holy Communion service. Here's the paragraph (the bold and italic portion is the portion skipped):

And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to grant them continual growth in thy love and service, and to give us grace so to follow their good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ?s sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

I'm not certain about the prayers to the saints, but I would guess that it's quite possible in the Anglo-Catholic circles. Also, being fairly new to the group (I still consider myself mostly Presbyterian), I don't have a full view.

The Anglicans seem to have a lot of room for various viewpoints. I guess that can get them in trouble sometimes (i.e., the Episcopal Church USA). However, when orthodox, I'm quite comfortable with. I think we can learn a lot from the Anglo-Catholics, charismatics, and especially those classical anglicans so close to Calvin and Luther ;-)

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