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One of the best articles I have seen so far on this subject.
1 posted on 10/25/2009 1:06:49 PM PDT by stripes1776
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An interesting article. Consider Anglican nuns, for example. Remember this from a couple of months ago? 10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church
2 posted on 10/25/2009 1:27:48 PM PDT by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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One of the best articles I have seen so far on this subject.

Yes and no. From the perspective of accurately stating facts, a hearty and refreshing YES!

Most of the questions raised, however, are either the kind of questions with which only cannonists concern themselves, or they are phrased from such a "Latin Rite" point of view that they are really quite impossible to answer.

We'll simply have to wait to see the details before it makes sense even to start a list such as this.

3 posted on 10/25/2009 1:28:28 PM PDT by trad_anglican
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Yes and no.

Not that I mean to speak for you, of course. My answer is from my own perspecitve, not my opinion of what yours should be.

4 posted on 10/25/2009 1:30:31 PM PDT by trad_anglican
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Ironically, one of the greatest efforts not yet mentioned are the reforms the Catholic church needs to do, not just to welcome Anglicans, but for itself.

That is, after the painful schism within the Episcopal-Anglican church, Anglicans do not want to just exchange radical liberal Episcopal clergy for radical liberal Catholic clergy and institutions.

The Vatican has already undertaken a step in this direction with its survey of uncloistered nuns in the US. This was a grand and popular gesture, and one that needs to be followed up with popular surveys of everything from the Catholic educational system, and the Catholic health care system, but to the survey and revitalization of the Catholic religious orders and their Anglican counterparts.

(That is, for example, the Dominican Order has a counterpart in the Anglican church of The Anglican Order of Preachers, likewise based on St. Dominic. The two need official reintroduction.)

For the benefit of the Catholic church, much of these surveys would be to determine the scope of heterodoxies that have penetrated these institutions (think Notre Dame).

This serves the dual purpose of reinvigorating and restoring the Catholic clergy and laity, but also to prepare the Catholic dominion for a homecoming.


5 posted on 10/25/2009 1:48:23 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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9 posted on 10/25/2009 2:06:13 PM PDT by narses ("These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.")
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