I was referring to the movement a couple of years back to give them an Apostolic Administration akin to the Prelature of Opus Dei. At present the Anglican Use Parishes are subject to the local Ordinary, while a personal Prelature who be responsible directly to Rome.
I actually even own a copy of the “Book of Divine Worship” which is the modified version, it on my bookshelf next to my Douay Rheims. I’ve shown it to come Episcopalians and they say it is 90% the Rite with the Elizabethan English and 10% texts added to bring it into compliance with the Roman Cannon.
Oddly the additional text appears to be in common english for some reason.
And another post has his bio, he will not be Ordained a Bishop as he is married with three adult children.
I’d be suprised if in two years he wasn’t accepted under the Pastoral Provision.
Thanks for your thoughtful response. I wasnt sure where you were going on the Opus Dei reference, but now I see ur referring to the structure of personal prelature.
As I understand it personal prelature is a structure which can be applied to religious or other pious institutes. For parts of the body of the faithful I think the corresponding structure would be sui juris or a rite (still under Rome). I am unaware of a rite in the church which is not co-eval with the ancient rites. That is, the eastern rites can have an semi independent life because they are just as ancient as the Roman. Anglican Use is actually a version of the Roman Rite as it descends historically from Rome.
On the other hand, JPII created personal prelature as a canonical provision which had never existed before (though the Jesuits were once close). I suppose for good reason B16 could do the same and create a new structure for this purpose. Actually, I would very much like to see this happen though the problem of a married bishop would arise. Nowhere in the church, east or west, is there a married bishop.
Note this also, from the “Civilta Cattolica”, as excerpted on Sandro Magister’s site today:
“There is, above all, the case of the married Anglican or Lutheran ex-ministers who, having converted to Catholicism, ask to become priests, and who since the time of Pius XII have been allowed to continue their conjugal life within their families. After these individual cases, there arose that of several hundreds of Anglican pastors, most of them married, who asked to be admitted into the ranks of the Catholic clergy because they did not agree with some of the decisions made by their Church, especially in the matter of the admission of women to holy orders. Requests along these lines continue even today, and in general they are well received. On average there are seven or eight of these each year. There were 12 in 2004, 9 in 2005, and 13 in 2006.”