Who can offer any explanation for mysterious phenomenon?
Posted on 10/20/2009 8:37:36 PM PDT by pissant
As many as 1,000 priests could quit the Church of England and thousands more may leave churches in America and Australia under bold proposals to welcome Anglicans to Rome.
Entire parishes and even dioceses could be tempted to defect after Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to offer a legal structure to Anglicans joining the Roman Catholic Church.
His decree, issued yesterday, is a serious blow to attempts by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, to save the Anglican Communion from further fragmentation and threatens to wreck decades of ecumenical dialogue.
Dr Williams was notified formally only last weekend by the Vatican and looked uncomfortable at a joint press conference with the Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols, to announce the plan.
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The Church of England is not a real church anyways.
As much as I disagree with the Catholics, this would be a big improvement. IF they have some integrity.
Catholic bump.
“threatens to wreck decades of ecumenical dialogue”
Yup, the Pope is THREATENING. Why? Because He is offering a path for Christians to leave the corruption of the Angelican Church.
No bias here. None at all. /spit
“threatens to wreck decades of ecumenical dialogue”
Yup, the Pope is THREATENING. Why? Because He is offering a path for Christians to leave the corruption of the Angelican Church.
No bias here. None at all. /spit
Welcome home to our Anglican and Episcopal brother and sisters!
I don’t suppose we could work out a trade? Our liberals for their conservatives?
Right after our church left the Episcopal Church, our Bishop left for the Catholic Church. This is going to snowball fast.
“Wrecking dialogue”???
Methinks the Archbishop of Canterbury has not been speaking for quite a few Anglicans/Episcopalians for a while now...
That would be perfect.
When the ecumenical dialogue started, the Church of England looked like one of the best prospects to talk with. There were a few kooks, like the Red Dean of Canterbury, but for the most part they were closer to the Catholic Church than many other Protestant denominations.
No longer. There's no way on earth that they can agree on any of the basics, when the Episcopal leadership keeps moving further and further away from basic Christianity. So, this makes sense. Offer shelter and help to those Anglicans who still want to be traditional Christians. It's not as if the Anglican leadership wants these people anyway. I have a friend who was an Episcopal clergyman. His bishop in Connecticut kicked him out because he refused to preach in favor of gay rights.
Outstanding. The grandfathering in of married priests is a master stroke. Great move from the REAL “Big Papi”.
Who can offer any explanation for mysterious phenomenon?
Hey I'm Jewish, and I love my Christian brothers and sisters, and am rooting for the Pope. Any advance of Christianity against secularism is a victory for all who treasure liberty.
No, it offers a conclusion to the dialogue. Without the work done in previous decades, this offer would not be possible. Without this resolution, the previous dialogue would have been meaningless.
Realistically, the choice in Anglicanism is not liberal or conservative Anglicanism. Over the long term, it is rejoining Catholicism, or dissolution into nothing.
LOL! Start with all those completely fake Pretend Catholics like Pelosi, Kerry, Biden, ad nauseum.
No I’m sure the Pope has noticed how many have already came over in the last few years and just wanted to let the rest know they were welcome if they wanted to make the switch.
Perfect would have been Yoko stepping in front of John.
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