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To: TaxachusettsMan
Has anyone met some of the Anglican priest converts to the RC Church?

I only know of a couple whom I knew back in my High Church Anglican days. But they're both very holy men. Do you know how many Anglican priest converts there are by any chance?

21 posted on 10/13/2006 7:13:21 AM PDT by Carolina
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To: Carolina

I've met about a dozen (at a conference), and I must say that, while their doctrinal orthodoxy and devotion to the non-negotiable role of the Papacy (and to the person of the Holy Father, John Paul II at the time) were impressive and even inspiring, I was somewhat surprised at the great attention - over-attention, I thought - to cassocks, shoulder-capes, birettas, surplices with lace trimmings and neck-ribbons, and a general pre-occupation with fussy detail that was not just good ritual concern but downright effeminate (mannerisms and joking, too - catty criticisms of others, giggling over liturgical practices of the Novus Ordo), etc. etc.

Very off-putting.


24 posted on 10/13/2006 8:06:31 AM PDT by TaxachusettsMan
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To: Carolina

About 90 came through the Pastoral Provision process. No one can give a correct figure because some bishops used other canons and not the Pastoral Provision in these matters. In England there were hundreds who came in, and many a parish that would have closed is served now by a former Anglican priest.


41 posted on 10/13/2006 10:58:39 AM PDT by Maeve
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