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Mar. 09, 2010
ORLANDO, Fla. -- About 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes in the United States have decided to join the Catholic Church as a group.
Meeting in Orlando, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America voted to seek entry into the Catholic Church under the guidelines established in Pope Benedict XVI's apostolic constitution "Anglicanorum Coetibus" ("Groups of Anglicans"), said a March 3 statement.
The Anglican Church in America is part of the Traditional Anglican Communion, a group of churches which separated from the worldwide Anglican Communion in 1991. The Traditional Anglican Communion claims 400,000 members worldwide.
The request means the 100 Anglican Church in America parishes will ask for group reception into the Catholic Church in a "personal ordinariate," a structure similar to dioceses for former Anglicans who become Catholic.
Churches under the personal ordinariate can retain their Anglican character and much of their liturgy and practices -- including married priests -- while being in communion with the Catholic Church.
Archbishop John Hepworth of Australia, primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, and Father Christopher Phillips of Our Lady of the Atonement Parish, an Anglican-use Catholic church in San Antonio, attended the meeting, according to the statement.
The Anglican Church in America is the third group of Anglican churches to respond positively to the Vatican's invitation.
The first was the United Kingdom branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion, which comprises about 20 small parishes and which in October began the process of joining the Catholic Church under the apostolic constitution.
The second was the Australian branch of Forward in Faith, a traditionalist group which is in communion with mainstream Anglican churches. In February Forward in Faith directed its governing council to take the steps needed for 16 parishes to join the Catholic Church.
The United Kingdom branch of Forward in Faith also is considering making a request for an ordinariate. A final decision is not expected before July.
Anglican Bishop John Broadhurst estimated that about 200 Anglican parishes will seek to join the Catholic Church if Forward in Faith decides to ask for an ordinariate.
The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have established a commission to prepare for the group reception of Anglican parishes. Headed by four bishops working with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the commission is examining issues such as church ownership, the advantages and disadvantages of church sharing and long-term leases of some Anglican parishes.
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So, they'll join us...but yet
So, they'll join us...but yet they won't join us...they'll have their own priests (marries), bishops, and liturgy...
Liturgy is what keeps a lot
Liturgy is what keeps a lot of Anglicans from joining the Catholic. The liturgy is usually what draws people to Anglicanism in the first place, and for many, the Book of Common Prayer is what made them start going to church. For the most part, they are better at liturgy than the Catholics. Why take a step down?
Anyone know what will happen
Anyone know what will happen a couple of generations on? Is it envisaged that these - I can't call them converts - associated members will have their own seminary?
They are not
They are not converts...anyone going from any Protestant church to Catholicism does not convert....rather they either seek the fulness of truth or reconcile with the Church in order to be in Communion with it.
I am quite excited about it! As a Roman Catholic I am quite aware of the 22 Eastern Rite Catholic groups who have returned to communion with Rome since the definitive split of 1054. To now have some 300+ parishes seeking communion with the Holy Father is a true blessing!
I have no problem with these communities maintaining a married priesthood -- as long as (like eastern Catholics) the men marry first -- and then seek priesthood because priests do not marry. I'm assuming that their bishops will be chosen from among the monasteries and thus unmarried. The East does the same.
I am not certain if their unification means it will happen during an Easter Vigil Mass or....?
Rachel may not be aware that
Rachel may not be aware that there are at least 22 RITES OR CHURCHES in the Catholic Church....all under the doctrinal, i.e. faith and morals, authority of the Papacy and Bishops in union with him. I attend one of them ....The Ruthenian. In many of the Eastern Catholic Churches in this 'consortium', there are married Priests, allowed by permission of their own jurisdiction and the Pope. There are various Divine Liturgies or Masses amongst these Rites, all with permission of the Holy See. It is the SAME SACRIFICE OF THE MASS, just expressed somewhat differently. It is a good idea for Catholics to know and to attend these Churches so as to know more about their Church and enjoy the beauty which is in other expressions of the same Catholic faith. I am so happy about this news regarding the return of many from the Anglican Church, after all .... they were members of the Catholic Church until Henry VIII decided to move all of England out of it in the 16th Century. There was a High Church that remained in essence faithful, to a large extent, to the original Church, but it is the Papacy which holds the Church together, because there are always those who think they know better than the original doctrines, and someone is needed to keep the Flock faithful to its FOUNDER, JESUS CHRIST.
Terrific reply!!! Very well
Terrific reply!!! Very well said. We don't have to be uniform to be united. The TWELVE were as different from one another as night and day- and yet they gathered in the upper room when it came to the Resurrection.
Mary Faith ... I truly
Mary Faith ... I truly enjoyed your reply, and I must admit that I did not realize there were other beautiful forms of worship celebrated within the Catholic Church. Yes, the Church needs Peter and where He is so is the Church. Praise God that all these have come into the fold to what Jesus desired for His Church.. Thanks for sharing.
John Henry Newman must be
John Henry Newman must be smiling down from above.
NO John Henry Newman will not
NO John Henry Newman will not smile but Pray and then exalt.
Newman is above known for saying that the Holy Catholic Orthodox church must continuously DEEPEN HER understanding of faith, her dogma.
thus we need above all progressive Anglicans and Methodixts to teac h us that Vatican II has done the right liturgical reforms and
that we need more than ever NO WOMEN PRIESTS (because the understanding of this tgakes centuries) but we IMMEDIATELY NEED WOMEN CARDINALS becdause cardinals are "merely" an organizational function in the church, set up as late as the 10th c.
Or spinning in his grave.
Or spinning in his grave. Materially speaking, little or nothing is left to spin.
There was a time when I would
There was a time when I would have been happy to read this kind of news. Now, especially considering the triggering motivations for this "reunion", I wish it were not happening. But that's me. Perhaps there is a silver lining that I have yet to perceive.
In my view, this is a good
In my view, this is a good development. I have always maintained that Anglicanism is not for everyone and that those who feel uncomfortable with its enlightened Trinitarianism probably belong elsewhere.
And yet, celibacy is
And yet, celibacy is maintained as the sine qua non!!!
Charles Bolser: What have you
Charles Bolser: What have you got against celibacy? Is it a sickness? It's alright for the Buddhist monks to be celibate but not Catholic priests? Stop being obsessed with pelvic issues.
It is my observation that The
It is my observation that The Vatican is the entity almost entirely obsessed with pelvic issues. Celibacy is fine for those so inclined. As an absolute requirement for ordination celibacy is nuts (not a pun).
Will Anglicans inclined to join RCC are they willing to tolerate some of the ridiculous edicts (No use of condoms for any reason, No gay clergy, sexually abusive clergy is apparently OK)?
I do wish them well along with all people, Christian, religious or non religious.
Clearly, the motive for them
Clearly, the motive for them leaving the Anglican Communion is the refusal to welcome gay clergy and bishops. They should fit right in with Ratzinger anti-gay edicts. As for me, I am going in the other direction. As far from the Vatican as Henry VIII and beyond. Its sad when my loss of faith in the institution (what the uber traditionalist grandly call "Our Holy Mother..."...Pleassseeee....) gets in the way of my religious beliefs. So be it.
Excellent point. It does seem
Excellent point. It does seem inconsistent to hold onto celibacy, does it not- except for those who choose it aside of the package deal (no deal) if ordination and celibacy. Perhaps it will disappear gradually.
Someone's not being entirely
Someone's not being entirely honest here.
If you check out the website (such as it is) of the 'Anglican Church in America' http://acahomeorg0.web701.discountasp.net/ you find that many of its 'parishes' are tiny groups, parishioners often outnumbered by clergy (all of whom are usually dressed in an array of liturgical finery), whose 'parish church' is a hired hall etc.
In addition, the number of adherents of the Traditional Anglican Communion is probably closer to 4000 (or less) than the 400,000 figure which has been bandied about (apparently by 'Archbishop' John Hepworth, the divorced ex-Catholic priest from Australia) and swallowed by the Holy See.
But the Holy See doesn't worry too much about the details here: the entire 'offer' has been created as a smokescreen under which they'll bring in the Lefebvrists, and if you think 'Anglican patrimony' is in the eye of the beholder, wait till 'Lefebvrist patrimony' comes to town!
The problem seems to be that
The problem seems to be that the Holy Father seems to live in a little world of his own - a world entirely and exclusively populated by clerics and play-clerics, whose principal preoccupation is "dressing up". Meanwhile the Church - the People of God - is falling to pieces.
WOW! Never thought of
WOW! Never thought of Lefebvre! I do not recognize this Clerical Church anymore!Where is this Church going?? Imagine the culture of these ultra-conservative single-minded Anglicans mixing with those of us who believe in the presence of the Holy Spirit at Vatican II! Had some experience with the Lefebvrists in France! They claim they are the true Church! JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE! COULD IT BE THE "MONEY,HONEY?" TO PAY FOR ALL THESE SCANDALS THAT ARE STILL POPPING UP ALL OVER THE GLOBE???
Where ever two or more are
Where ever two or more are gathered in my name...
Exactly what does
Exactly what does "traditionalist" mean in this context? Do they not accept women as priests or ...? What an interesting contradiction: they come to the Catholic church because they are traditionalists and bring a good population of married priests (which is NOT exactly tradition in the Catholic Church). We will have to wait and see what these moves mean as the Spirit moves unpredictably.
There are times when I miss
There are times when I miss the Anglican liturgy that I prayed with for years. I enjoy being a convert to the Roman Catholic Church with all of its foibles and fights - an umbrella big enough for conservatives and liberals - mystics and the not so-singers and the refusniks - people who work for justice and people who pray for souls and each mix in between - and I say this knowing full well most of thearrivals from the anglican rite will find me way to liberal for their taste - but it wasn't easy for Jesus either. We should long for the day when all are one and then pray for those who have been lost or hurt along the way
in my prayers
welcome aboard
Beautifully put! I, too, am
Beautifully put! I, too, am far too liberal for many hard-liners ... being an idealistic adult convert, I view all of humanity as God's beloved children and my own brothers and sisters, and thus long for that true inclusiveness that overcomes all religious, ethnic, cultural, political and national divides. But of course, that last commandment, to love God and love one another, has always been our greatest challenge ;-)
Lydia of course as liberal
Lydia of course as liberal inclusiveness trumps Truth, in the world of liberals the path to Hell is wide indeed
Thank you for finally
Thank you for finally mentioning the name of Jesus. He would never seperate us because of our religious beliefs. He would build upon our strenghts and Love for God. With all do respect its beginning to sound to much like the pharasees and scribes all over again.
I also welcome them
At first I was a little
At first I was a little annoyed at this. Seems as if most of the groups coming in, have already left the Anglican communion. We really don't need more in the church longing for medieval Catholicism.
However, it might just open the dialouge about married priests in the Latin rite. Seems unfair that these ex- Anglicans can have a married priesthood.
This is going to open up a big can of theological worms, and I am sitting back to watch the show!
The Holy Spirit knows what she is doing!
Hello out there! How do you
Hello out there! How do you like being second class Catholics? Didn’t they tell you? I imagine, though, that it is better than being first class Anglican dissidents with no money. Most of those Anglican drop-out priests had stars in their eyes at being ordained bishops. Then reality set in. Bishop of what? 30 people and 5 priests? May your hearts now finally be at rest.
I would, however, pass on the option to keep your own liturgy. The Catholic Liturgy is much more beautiful than the Elizabethan language version of the Anglican liturgy that you currently use. At least you can understand the words in the Catholic liturgy, for the time being, anyway. About the option to marry: I would definitely take the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly: Office of the Inquisition) up on their offer for married priesthood. Not even the first class Catholics have this option.
Just one more point, you did say that all your priests are male? That is important: we here at the CDF brake for men only!
Do these Anglicans think they
Do these Anglicans think they will be brought closer to Christ? or are they escaping those no good homosexual and women bishops? Do they think Jesus would run, too?
I have to agree with
I have to agree with anonymous! What are they running from? and to what? an institution that discriminates even further against married men and women and ordained women? What do they (and our hierarchical institution) think Jesus was about?
Exactly! I would not call
Exactly! I would not call such motivation pure. Are they running from rather than running toward?
Sounds like these are
Sounds like these are "Anglicans" who had already separated from the Anglican Communion... not a surprising move, then.
What wonderful news. I had
What wonderful news. I had heard that this group was voting but now the final word is great.
I have been wondering if this will mean another western rite which will make five in the west and i think 18 in the east.
Always another group or person at our table.
Hi Mary Joan Your name
Hi Mary Joan
Your name saounds like you are a good Irish Catholic. Have you ever hoped for a return to the days before the 7th c and the Synod of Whitby when Celts could recognize the goodness of all creation and there was hope that others might also do so? It was a time before Augustinian theology completely took hold of Rome and the Celtic Rite was a recognized rite of the Western Church.
Now if these Anglicans have preserved some of that Celtic Spirit wouldn't it be altogether grand? They have after all saved the goodness of married love.
The Roman Catholic church
The Roman Catholic church will not allow for married or female priests. It is now OK for for 200 Anglican parishes to join the Catholic Church and maintain their married clergy because they object to accepting homosexuals as priest. This is just one more example of the Catholic Church's homophobia and willingness to support discrimination. how sad!
So, is a similar option open
So, is a similar option open to Catholics who would like to keep the present Roman Missal?
There's 'Anglican' and then
There's 'Anglican' and then there are members of the World Wide Anglican Communion. There's Catholic and then there are members of the Roman Catholic Church. There are 'break away' or "Traditional Catholics" who are not connected to or recognized by Rome. These folks are only Anglican because they call themselves Anglican but they are not recognized by the See of Canterbury. They may be 'Anglophile' but they are not Anglican in the religious sense of that word. Actually, they are homophobic and misogynist. Rome is welcome to them.
Whoa...hold the horses. Why
Whoa...hold the horses. Why are they joining the Catholic Church in the first place should be the question. It appears to me that the only reason that they wish to join the Catholic Church or even for many of their clergy who joined years ago is that they do not agree on two principles: 1) Women priest and ordination of an opening gay clergy. But what about our core beliefs and how will those be taught to new generations of "catholics(?)" as this new merger establishes itself? And isn't this another slap in the face of our own priests who left the ministry because they wish to be married and have children? And what about all these liturgical changes in our liturgies with the language; will these Anglican communities be held to those changes as well? Rome and the Holy Father's inter-circle have started down a very slippery slope that will be of no benefit to either faith/belief groups.
One thing we need to keep in
One thing we need to keep in mind is this: the primary responsibility of the Church is the salvation of souls: and this is primarily done by preserving the core of our beliefs which is the Eucharist and the saving Grace of Christ offered to all sinners to bring them to God. Most of all the rest may be seen as bells and whistles, aside from the theology of the Blessed Mother and the Saints, which is very important to all of us as assistance to achieve the end, again, the salvation of our souls. We may not and cannot accept anything such as Gay Marriage, and acceptance of or promotion of Abortion as acceptable within our faith teachings that go against the inherent moral principles we all possess and find within ourselves, if we look deep enough. so I say, if the Anglican Church or any other Church who hold the same basic beliefs and principles as our Mother Church, but may have different customs, they have the right to join with us in our fight for "The Truth, The Light, and the Way of Life"
OUR LADY'S BOWER: that's what
OUR LADY'S BOWER: that's what they called England in the Middle Ages, when it was also referred to as Merrie England. It was a time when Merrie England was renowned for it devotion to Mary, the Mother Of God. I look forward to the day when hundreds of Anglican parishes will bring not only their Anglican liturgy, prayers and devotions into the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, but their time-honored devotion to Our Lady, as well.
The word you're struggling
The word you're struggling for is DOWRY, dear, not BOWER!
No one knows at present what
No one knows at present what this portends for thr future of Roman Catholicism in the West. Yes, the Spirit blows where she wills, and all crystan balls are foggy. It's a bad move initially, but may have ultimate good results... Hope is a basic Christian attitude and virtue.
Pax. Aristophilos
I'm always glad to hear
I'm always glad to hear someone has found a home in our Church. But...more married priests, and still no olive branch to our own brothers who married?
Bishops in an Ordinariate that will be allowed to dress up but not be actual bishops? Anordinariate made up of people who do not want women clergy or homosexual clergy and marriage is hardly a great beginning for a church movement. Welcome, good luck, and be at peace! At least point out often to our bishops that married priesthood doed work well.(When we tell them they don't listen.)
This sort of reminds me of
This sort of reminds me of the Titanic. As the ship (Episcopal Church) was going under, some people managed to jump off it & land in safe waters (Catholic Church).
Welcome aboard, Anglicans! May you finally find safe haven & refuge from the horrors of liberal dysfunction! Just ignore the liberal Catholics. They are an oxymoron & they by their sins against the virtue of faith are outside the Mystical Body of Christ, from which unhappy vantage point they may not be saved.
Thanks Trumpeter for
Thanks Trumpeter for reminding me once again of why I left your Church. You speak as if you sit on Peter's Throne (or are you sitting on Ratzinger's lap?)...you old dog, you.
Welcome home to Rome and
Welcome home to Rome and crossing the Tiber. Jesus welcomes you to his Church!
Jesus prayed that His
Jesus prayed that His "Bride", the Church, would have unity. This is step one for those of considered "conservative" merely by abiding by what we know to be His inspired Word in Scripture. (No same-sex marriage, no women priests).
About this topic, a Christian of long ago wrote, "In the essentials, unity. In the non-essentials, liberty and in all things, charity." That wise sentiment applies now.
It's not a case of "them" and "us". It's Jesus's Church; we are all part of it. Extend the welcome mat to the Anglicans and to other Christian denominations that are unified in beliefs about the "essentials" - essentials found in the Creed that we say every Sunday at Mass.
I think I will join the
I think I will join the Anglican church THEY left to join the Catholic Church...
As a Catholic who has joined
As a Catholic who has joined the Anglican Church, I can say that every christian community has it's problems, but at least in the Anglican church the big issues are discussed and debated, and hopefully a compromise reached.No anglican priest has yet been given permission to marry same sex couples yet these couples are not shunned as members of a congregation.Women priests are recognized by most of the Anglican church as having as valid a calling as a male to the priesthood. It is a sad fact that in the face of the Catholic church's protection of pedophiles and other sexual deviants that what remains most important is gonads,not faithfulness.In the words of a good friend, a Roman Catholic nun who remains working for her people wherever they are,"My church is only interested in what's between the legs, not what's between the ears and in the heart."
Help me understand this. How
Help me understand this. How does traditional thinking Anglicans become "Catholic" (or is that 'catholic') but keep practicing and believing all things Anglican?
So this is 'good' because?
You know, at one point, Catholic Schools did not take students from public schools (even if student was a Catholic) when desegregation first started. Hmm ... don't you think this is similar?
What does 'each person' have to do?
Do the priests and bishops and relitious all say the famous 'oath?' Does each person have to say they know they know follow the dictates of the Pope?
Just some thoughts.
So this is 'good' because?
When folks would ask me: "Do
When folks would ask me: "Do you think Catholic Priests will ever be able to marry?" That was years ago. My answer was jokingly: "Prbably, when I am 80." I will be 80 this year. You don't suppose......? fr. jerome @ 80.
Great! Just what we need-
Great! Just what we need- more right-wing Catholics!
No offense to my individual brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ, but do we really need to welcome the "chaplains to the oppressors", as my Episcopal priest friend calls his fellows??
You remember all those
You remember all those churches that are closing? I guess they want all our abandoned church buildings, along with the old pump organ and the stained glass windows and statues. What else could they want? But it still to's me that they can have married priests and we can't.
I do hope that these former
I do hope that these former Anglicans will be happy in their new home. If the bottom line is gays and lesbians, I cannot say I am sad to see them go.
Scrambling for the last deck
Scrambling for the last deck chairs on the Titanic? Holding on to now evaporating cultural prejudices vs. women and gays? Yes, seems so. Nothing good will come of it. Re Jesus' message it is profoundly mistaken.
Is this a new way to solve
Is this a new way to solve the shortage of priests? I am ignorant of the whole scenario and am just going by one of the postings that say the Anglicans have plenty of priests and no churches. Well. we have had to close churches for lack of priests.
Procedamus in pace! And good
Procedamus in pace! And good riddance. They're angry and bitter. Let's check back in 5 years and see how many remain.
How will this work? The ACA
How will this work? The ACA stresses the importance of the Book of Common Prayer. Will they simply razor out the 39 Articles (one of the foundational documents of the BCP)? In particular Article VI; XV; XIX; XX; XXI; XXII; XXIV; XXV; XXVIII; XXX; XXXI; XXXVII;
Yeah yeah, Newman tried. And when he failed, he became Catholic. The ACA, however, claims that the BCP is the foundation of their faith, yet they are becoming Catholics, and will retain the Prayer Book.
I'm not real clear how this will work.
Good luck, guys, and as Mr. Grady said, get ready for the Lefebvrists!
Considering some of the
Considering some of the reasons for leaving the Anglican Church, what little remains of John Henry Newman could also be spinning in his current grave.
This group (Anglican Church
This group (Anglican Church of America is a member of the Traditional Anglican Communion) is not a part of the Anglican Communion and has a rather odd history of incorporation and subsequent separation from other bodies - I suspect that in its case "traditionalist" simply means cantankerous.
All "100 parishes" add up to some three thousand persons (3000) at the most, and while the group is asking for an Anglican Rite Ordinariate to be set up in line with BXVI's Apostolic Constituion Anglicanorum coetibus, no commitment has been made as to how many will actually join it - so don't be surprised if it turns out to be a few hundred at the most.
FIF (Forward in Faith in the UK and in Australia) is a movement within the Anglican Communion of disaffected Anglicans who, basically, hate women, but expect even fewer to convert in the final count. Moreover, many in the FIF movement already use the Novus Ordo - so are they now going to go back to an Anglican-style liturgy in order to be accepted into a Catholic Anglican Rite Ordinariate? The silliness never seems to end.
Oh, good. You can have them.
Oh, good. You can have them. We've been taking your progressives for years.
What a pity we are not
What a pity we are not getting real Anglicans, just a bunch of discontented eccentrics. Catholics thirsting for good liturgy are likely to be as unhappy with these conventicles as with the Lebebvrite ones. Christianity is more than an assemblage of ghettoes.
Perhaps the organisation
Perhaps the organisation 'forward in faith' might be better titled ' backwards in fear' as the past as a place of refuge is not reality. We have had a large influx of Anglican clergy (very nice MEN - no female clergy of course!!) who have probably pushed the Catholic church in England back several decades again... A vociferous minority of influencial clerics are now the 'tail that wags the dog'... They come from groups such as Opus Dei and use blogs like 'the hermeneutics of continuity' etc Are they truly representative of the 'average Joe in the pew'? I really don't know but I have to say the changes that are subtly finding their way in are not positive and therefore, in my view, not of the Spirit. Is this really the movement of God in our time or the threatened power base of clericalism re-asserting itself under another guise?
Lets be honest for once and come out of whatever closets people are hiding in... The Truth shall set you free - lets all speak the truth in love. Thats the sort of church I would want to be part of. Jim (pew fodder from England)
Bishop Marsh of the Anglican
Bishop Marsh of the Anglican Church of America's Diocese of the Northeast remarks:
"The recent information released in the media must be taken with a large grain of salt..."
Read the rest here (and come back down to earth):
http://www.acanedio.org/
Welcome home!
Welcome home!
The groups that have decided
The groups that have decided to switch to Roman Catholicism are all far right reactionary people who do not wish to see women ordained as priests and bishops and who have decidedly homophobic views against people who are gay, lesbian, bi. and transgendered. It is really about exclusion and hatred. It is the worst possible set of reasons to become a Roman Catholic and yes, their numbers are much smaller than their "leaders" are stating. Their leaders have rarely been honest about the real numbers of their followers and it is likely that Rome will be paying a high price for their membership. This will be remembered as a shameful act to become a Catholic because it is not really a conversion to Roman Catholic theology unless you mean Right Wing Reactionary Roman Catholic Theology.
Oh how we LOVE to play
Oh how we LOVE to play church...but, when it actually comes to following the teachings of Jesus the Christ, we're clueless...Jesus the perfect MODEL of what it means to be human.....we have not even begun. Who do we think we are, and where is it we think we are going? hmmmmm
More lace and frills, smells
More lace and frills, smells and bells.....God help us! Can we have a "21 st century Catholic Ordinariate" or are we stuck with the "reform of the reform" (= return to medievaL Roman Catholicism)?
Return Medieval Church??? God
Return Medieval Church??? God I hope so, imagine liberal Catholicism Wiped Out Forever
In reference to "Bishop
In reference to "Bishop Brian's" call for a grain of salt, it looks like all of the bishops are not communicating that well with one another. He claims that the ACA and Rome are "just dating" while "Bishop George," in his press release says they're engaged! The press release from "Bishop George" and the "House of Bishops" says: "the decision was made *formally to request the implementation* of the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus in the United States of America by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." The emphasis is mine, but heck, guys.... can't y'all have a conference call or something? Make up your minds!
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