[NYer]

Ping!

[tricky_k_1972]

My father is a Methodist minister, so we have both been following this very closely.

What I am wondering about is what exactly they mean by celibacy being required?

Does that indicate that all married pastors in the Anglican tradition will not be accepted into the body of the church?

That doesn't seem to make sense since we no that other pastors from the Anglican tradition have been granted a dispensation to be married when they decide to switch faiths, why then are they harping on celibacy now, is due to the fact that this would be such a large chunk of the Anglican faith that it would make it difficult to justify celibacy for the rest of their priests?

Married Catholic Priests: Why are Some Catholic Priests Married?.

[kosta50]

Doesn't this simply mean that current Anglican priests who are already married will be allowed to remain married by special dispensation (bishops can qualify only if they are demoted to priests), but future ones, wishing to become priests in the Anglican Rite will have to be celibate?

Doesn't this fly in the face of the Eastern Churches in communion with Rome whose clergy (bishops excluded) have the option to marry prior to receiving Holy Orders? or are the Anglicans being treated as "Latins" rather than as a separate (autonomous) Rite?