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To: jecIIny

There are other options: the Anglican Province of Christ the King and the Diocese of the Holy Cross. Both are pure canonical anglicanism - free of even the C of E compromises of late. I would stay away from the RC church - it is way too liberal (Novus Ordo).


6 posted on 02/25/2006 9:23:12 PM PST by LibreOuMort ("...But as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" - Patrick Henry)
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To: LibreOuMort
Both of the Anglican alternatives you mentioned are pretty small though. This also raises the question of who are you in communion with and are you a part of THE CHURCH or are you a denomination / sect? I think that logically those who want to be a part of THE CHURCH and not "a church" are limited to Rome or Orthodoxy.

Yes you make a good point that in many places the Catholic Church (at least in Europe and the US) are pretty liberal, but there are some positive signs of improvement. It is quite likely that the Latin Church is entering into what will likely be a multi year program of true liturgical reform with two aims. First fixing the mess created by the botched "reforms" carried out after VCII. And secondly implementing an authentic reform along the lines of what the council clearly intended. Also there is evidence of a sea change in Rome with the election of +Benedict XVI. It is very likely that in the next few months a much broader permission will be given for the use of the traditional Roman Rite of the Mass (Tridentine). Also the TAC is involved in what sounds like serious negotiations for the creation of a self governing Anglo-Catholic Rite Church to be in union with the Holy See. I am cautiously optimistic that Rome has seen the light and given up on serious efforts at reunification with Anglican Communion. This is a real possible course for Rome.

However for those who have theological problems with Catholicism there remains the option of Western Rite Orthodoxy (WRO). The Antiochan Orthodox Archdiocese has a growing number of parishes that are Orthodox and worship according to the western liturgical tradition. There are two accepted liturgies. One is a very slightly modified form of High Church Anglican Mass and the other is a very slightly modified form of the pre-Vatican Tridentine Mass. WRO also has the advantage of being in a canonical Orthodox Jurisdiction and being able to commune the sacraments in any other canonical Orthodox church of either Western or Byzantine Rite. For more on this you could look at...

http://www.westernorthodox.com/
7 posted on 02/25/2006 11:10:37 PM PST by jecIIny (You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
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