[Nihil Obstat]

The Catholic Church recognizes the priesthood of the Episcopalian church because their priests have valid holy orders that were bestowed upon them dating back to the time of Henry the VIII. Since the original Church of England Bishops possessed valid Catholic Holy Orders, the validity of Episcopalian priests was carried forward to present time.

Sorry, no. Read Apostolicae Curae.

[WilliamPatrick]

Ok so you win a technical point but it took the church till 1896 to clarify the issue. However do you deny that there is a Pauline privilege and that Anglican Priests can keep both their priesthood and their wives if they convert? Is that not hypocritical when they cast out from the priesthood those who wished to be married? Jesus Christ made no law requiring celibacy.