Re: Uniates and sacraments (was: Brithenig/Aelyan North America)

Matt Pearson wrote:

> What *is* a primate, then, if not a gibbon?  Is a primate to an abbot as
> an archbishop is to a bishop?
No, typically a primate *is* an archbishop: the head of the national
church, considered as a branch of the catholic (i.e. universal) church
in that country.

> Is Cambria divided into dioceses?
I think that bishops must exist, and therefore dioceses, but they are
small potatoes compared to abbots.  In particular, secular (non-monastic)
priests are effectively under the control of the abbot rather than the
bishop.  Perhaps this is managed by making the abbots also bishops.

>  Are congregations headed by priests
> or friars?
Yes.

>  Is celibacy enforced?
No.  As in the Orthodox church, a priest must be the husband of one wife,
which is interpreted to mean "no remarriage".

>  Is there confession?
Yes.  An open question is whether public confession survives, or whether
secret (auricular) confession has replaced it completely.

> Protestants also recognise Matrimony, I believe.  :-)
But not as a sacrament personally instituted by Christ.  Ditto for
confirmation and orders.

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