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Posted on 10/20/2009 at 16:21:58  |  Reply  |  Report Abuse |  0

If we all merge as Catholics and Angelicans do you loose your title as Pastor or Revernd?

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Date: 10/20/2009 4:22:59 PM
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Subject: Welcome, Anglicans!


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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Welcome, Anglicans!
Dear mrs Dalrymple,


The big news today (predicted in Phil Lawler's blog yesterday) is the Vatican's announcement that it will accept into the Church Anglican congregations who wish to reunite with Rome. The relevant provisions will be set forth in a new Apostolic Constitution, responding to the many requests from Anglican congregations throughout the world.

This will provide for Anglican congregations to retain many distinctively Anglican traditions, and to be governed by a new ordinariate consisting, for the most part, of former Anglican bishops and priests who have entered the Church.

Phil Lawler explains everything in his In Depth Analysis, The Pope's bold invitation to Anglicans.

The return to Rome of an extraordinarily large number of Anglicans will enrich the Church in many ways, not least by providing fine vernacular texts composed in a time of deeper religious sensibilities. Most important, of course, is the incorporation of all that is worthy in Anglicanism into the true worship offered to the Father by Christ, head and members.

To understand what I mean, see my latest blog reflection, Putting the Liturgy in Perspective.

In other good news, Phil Lawler believes he sees a trend toward militant orthodoxy in the very highest curial appointments. See Making people squirm in On the News.

But there is some strange news as well, especially the standing ovation given to a Wisconsin priest when he told his congregation of his suspension from the priesthood. See Applauding a failed priest in On the Culture.

Meanwhile, a significant initiative of our own grows stronger by the day. If you haven't yet looked in on Peter Mirus' On Business blog, you'll find practical food for thought in two recent items which should be useful to just about everybody: Personality Types and the "God Experience" and This one is for the sufferers.

Many examples of solidarity today!

Jeff Mirus
President
Trinity Communications


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Posted on 10/20/2009 at 16:27:09  |  Reply  |  Report Abuse |  1

we use the both terms already so it shouldn't be an issue.

Posted on 10/20/2009 at 16:40:43  |  Reply  |  Report Abuse |  2

And we won't be "merging" with the Anglicans. They will be returning to the Fold.

There are many rites within the Catholic Church that allow for some deviations in aesthetics - traditions and cultural expressions. So long as they are not contrary to the Catholic Faith, these will not be a problem. In fact, the Anglican Church retained many of its original Catholic traditions, so it won't be that great a stretch for them.

There have been many Anglicans that have already returned home to the Catholic Church. And a few years ago, an American congregation converted as a group to the Catholic Church, including the Anglican pastor and his entire flock. Anglicans have priests and bishops, just as we do. The head of the Anglican church under the Queen of England is the Archbishop of Cantebury.

We have a great deal in common and, if Henry VIII had not been such a pig, the Anglican Church might have remained Catholic.

Posted on 10/23/2009 at 19:17:03  |  Reply  |  Report Abuse |  0

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There have been many Anglicans that have already returned home to the Catholic Church. And a few years ago, an American congregation converted as a group to the Catholic Church, including the Anglican pastor and his entire flock. Anglicans have priests and bishops, just as we do. The head of the Anglican church under the Queen of England is the Archbishop of Cantebury.

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Just a clarification on this. If an Anglican Priest (pastor) converts to the Catholic Church, he does not come in automatically as a priest. He would have to undergo some seminary training and then be ordained as a priest. Remember, the CC does not recognize Anglican ordinations. I have heard that there may be some Anglican priests that have been ordained by some Orthodox bishops (I cant substantiate this so take it with a grain of salt and this might have happened many, many years ago) but the thing is that the CC does not know which Anglican Priests have true ordinations and which do not. As a whole the CC does not recognize an Anglican Priest as having the same priestly powers (or any if that) as Catholic Priest, so they would have to be ordained according to the Catholic Rite and by a Catholic Bishop.

Posted on 10/23/2009 at 19:38:01  |  Reply  |  Report Abuse |  0

Quite right. I do not know what vocation the Anglican pastor chose once converting. I do not recall him seeking the Catholic priesthood, but many have.

Dr. Scott Hahn was a Presbyterian minister before he converted, but now serves as a professor rather than a pastor.