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To: jecIIny; sitetest

If the goal is complete unification between traditionalist Anglicans and Rome, then of course married bishops would be out of the question (possibly married priests as well). I don't know of too many people who are actually pushing for that.


6 posted on 02/15/2006 4:09:43 AM PST by bobjam
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To: bobjam

Dear bobjam,

"If the goal is complete unification between traditionalist Anglicans and Rome,..."

The goal, of course, must be complete unification. However, that doesn't mean the same thing as absorption. Should there be re-union between the Catholic Church and Orthodoxy, one will not become the other, but rather, they will come back into communion with each other.

That being said, I don't think that Pope Benedict would accept communion with any group that permitted married bishops.


sitetest


7 posted on 02/15/2006 5:44:22 AM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: bobjam

Hello,
I've actually been following this and have an Anglican Use Chaplaincy close by.

I suspect any Communion would allow for any and all married Clergy (excepting Bishops) accepted, the real question would be moving forward. I would suspect that there would be a great deal of debate about it.

As for the married Bishops, that is a definite stumbling block...however to his credit Bishop Hepworth (a former Latin Rite Catholic Priest) has declared that he would resign his Episcopacy if it was necessary to Communion.


8 posted on 02/15/2006 5:51:44 AM PST by Cheverus
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