Posted on 04/16/2012 5:59:08 AM PDT by Cronos
The Rev Donald Minchew left his Anglican church of nearly two decades to join a Catholic church just up the road in Croydon, south London.
...after he resigned from St Michael's and All Angels parish following 16 and-a-half-years, 70 of his flock decided to join him in an extraordinary leap of faith.
The vicar together with almost half of his previous congregation as well as three new members, were received into the full communion at St Mary's Church earlier this month.
Former Anglican bishop Monsignor John Broadhurst received and confirmed the group, who will now form the Croydon Ordinariate.
"These people are very brave because they have answered the call of God and the indignation of Pope Benedict and done it at a great cost," said the Rev Minchew "I think the reason they came across during the Ordinariate is because they don't quibble over things like the clergy, but I think there is a great comfort in the Catholic church, you know what you believe and what the church teaches.
"In the Church of England you don't know what the church believes from one synod to the next. What we would have taken for granted for 30 years you can't now, but in the Catholic church it's not changing you know what you are getting into."
...The Rev Minchew, a father of four, spent at least 12 months pondering his decision together with its serious financial implications. The widower sacrificed a £11,500-a-year pension, which he could start drawing in less than 18 months, and will be forced to leave his vicarage home as a result. But despite the financial cost, he insisted it was the right decision.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It's not about the money... it's about the greater glory of God!
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
1. To many, being a clergyman is just a job and choosing a religion is a practical decision rather than one based on the fundamentals of life. So the Telegraph’s attitude is
2. For a married man, financial concerns can be overwhelming; this highlights the wisdom of the man-made rule of clerical celibacy, which has stood the test of two millenia of time.
1. To many, being a clergyman is just a job and choosing a religion is a practical decision rather than one based on the fundamentals of life. So the Telegraph’s attitude is understandable because they are unthinking modernists.
2. For a married man, financial concerns can be overwhelming; this highlights the wisdom of the man-made rule of clerical celibacy, which has stood the test of two millenia of time.
Out of the frying pan and into God’s grace in God’s Church, the One Holy Apostolic Church (Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental, Assyrian...)
And in the fire we are all purified as nothing unclean shall enter heaven.
Amen!
Now he'll be expected to walk the walk not just talk the talk.
May God blelss him and his parishioners. Welcome home to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
I believe that many so-called Catholics choose not to follow Church teachings. Two subjects that come to mind are divorce and remarriage, and I strongly suspect that many couples take advantage of artificial birth control. Do they have the moral right to make those decisions? Apparently not, so I suppose they are not receiving God's grace.
Let's stop the hypocrisy.
An excellent point.
And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire -- Mal 3:2
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire -- Dt 4:24
For our God is a consuming fire. -- Heb 12:29
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