Posted on 10/20/2009 4:49:46 PM PDT by Bokababe
(Oct. 20) -- The number of married Catholic priests could grow sharply as the result of the Vatican's epochal decision to welcome thousands of disaffected Anglicans and Episcopalians into the Catholic Church.
At press conferences in Rome and London on Tuesday, Vatican officials announced that the Church would set up a special canonical structure that will ease the conversion of members of the Anglican Communion without them having to give up what the Vatican called "the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony." That means not only a body of prayers and hymns, but also a tradition of married priests and bishops.
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The author is misinformed.
Hm. Married bishops? I think not.
Married priests, si. Married bishops, no.
I’ll bet he’s sorry he asked: “”If anyone has any reason these 2 should not be wed,”
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WELCOME HOME !!!!!
Welcome home, Anglican and Episcopal brothers and sisters.
I don’t think this anything new. There have been Anglican Use Roman Catholic parishes for years.
This will mean there are many more, they will be worldwide, and they will have their own "reporting structure," so Latin Rite bishops who aren't supportive of reverent liturgy and orthodox teaching won't be able to chase them off their turf.
And it sounds like they'll have permission to continue to ordain married men to the priesthood (not just former Anglican clergy), so that will be another change.
Now all they have to do is realiy come home to the Orthodox Church - Orthodoxy,
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