OrlandoNative wrote:Annachie wrote:Assuming that the COG survives, and that is likely to happen, and that the Church of Charis remains seperate, which it likely will, then the COG still owns the buildings.
So avoid the legal troubles, and possible publicity problems, and buy them first.
You're assuming that the Church will be obliterated. It wont be.
And that being accused of stealing Church property wont cause problems, chances are it will.
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LOL, I think schismatics are always accused of stealing *something*, because the original faith they came from usually doesn't want to give them any shred of legitimacy.
That said, I've never encountered anything one way or another in world history as to whether during/after the Protestant reformation or the formation of the Anglican church whether what were originally Roman Catholic churches were just appropriated for the new faiths, bought, or just new church's built. I'm sure the facts are there somewhere, but it's never been something, to my knowledge, any history class ever actually addressed. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if it turned out to be a mix of "all of the above".
As for Safehold, the Church of Charis is obviously *using* property that originally belonged to the CoGA, so *if* there's anyone who has a problem with the disposition of real estate, they would no doubt already made any such positions known, but we haven't actually *seen* any discussion or disagreement on the subject within the Charisian Empire to date. It's likely that the CoC considers itself heir to the CoGA; and thus retains ownership of any former CoGA property within the Empire's boundaries that they want to keep.
RE: Catholic to Angican....
The Catholic Church doesn't actually own most of the Churches/Cathedrals outside of the Vatican itself. Sub-organizations do.
Individual churches/cathedrals are owned by the congregation itself. They are responsible for the initial construction, any maintenance needs, and to pay the actual wages for the priest(s).
A small portion of each congregations revenue is passed upwards to the Diocese, which is used to pay for administrative overhead and supporting the Bishop. Some is held aside for Diocese-wide projects and as a reserve in case individual parishes have temporary shortfalls. The only real say the Bishop has in the operations of the individual parishes is his responsibilty to chose which priests are assigned.
Some of the Diocese funds get passed upwards to the Archdiocese. Same thing as above, but in this case Archbishop instead of Bishop and a larger area.
And then, the Archdiocese passes some funds up to the Vatican...
When the Anglican church split off, all that happened was that the link from Archbishop to Pope was replaced by one from Archbishop to King. Since the Church itself didn't actually own the buildings, the only thing 'stolen' was Authority.
Now, the property of the various Orders (Monks/Nuns) is a different situation. In that case, the individual facilities really did belong to the order and not the local members. So, when the Crown decided to seize THOSE properties it really was stealing in the form of Eminent Domain. Of course, by that point they really didn't much care what the Catholics thought about it.
