“I swam the Rhine myself, but from Dordrecht with the Mennonites. I can see the appeal in the theology, but I think the Catholics have gotten it right.
All the rationales for the ‘reform’ movement no longer exist, therefore, I’d argue the division serves no purpose.”
I was never an “Anglo-Catholic” although we had a few in our “Low Church”. For example, We had no Crucifixes, etc. in our Building. Only a plain Gold plated Cross behind the Altar. We were really more like Lutherans than we were our fellow Episcopalian “Anglo-Catholics”. So we certainly had little in common with real Catholics.
Since our Church does not recognize the Papacy, Mariology, Purgatory and many other Catholic Doctrines, we don’t really have much to talk about as far as any formal reunification goes. Although we are always ready to join forces in things such as the battle for Pro-Life issues as well as other Moral issues of concern.
I see those divisions as ones of preferences. Some prefer more ornate, others more spare.
What’s your issue with the other three though? Don’t Lutherans teach about Mary?