Anglican Church in America (TAC) Asks Entry Into Catholic Church (Ecumenical)

The American Catholic blog ^ | 03/03/2010 | Tito Edwards

[Pyro7480]

Breaking news as the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America has formally requested to enter the Catholic Church. All 99 parishes and cathedrals!

Here is the complete text:

Orlando, FL – 1 pm EST – Bp. George Langberg

Released by the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America, Traditional Anglican Communion 3 March 2010

We, the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America of the Traditional Anglican Communion have met in Orlando, Florida, together with our Primate and the Reverend Christopher Phillips of the “Anglican Use” Parish of Our Lady of the Atonement (San Antonio, Texas) and others.

At this meeting, the decision was made formally to request the implementation of the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus in the United States of America by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

[Pyro7480]

Great news!

[Pyro7480]

Catholic ping!

[TASMANIANRED]

Luke 11:17 But he seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself, shall be brought to desolation, and house upon house shall fall.

John 17:21 That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, as we also are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me.

[reefdiver]

It is great news, welcome home

[wagglebee]

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[sionnsar]

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[Mrs. Don-o]

And a boon for everyone who loves preserving the beautiful traditions of Anglican liturgy.

The linked article discusses Evensong and Benediction, sung according to the Book of Divine Worship, an Anglican liturgical book being revised in Rome for Catholic Anglican Use folks.

For English traditional prayers in very noble language, this is wonderful stuff.

[phoenix07]

I’ll be darned. My husband and I used to belong to an Anglican parish, having grown up Episcopalian. We got sick of all the infighting and converted to Roman Catholicism. It will be nice to be able to attend a TAC church with the Anglican traditions and still be within the fold of the Catholic church......what a blessing if it really happens!

[stevem]

Smarter people than me have ti figure this out, but how would you do something like this?

[trisham]

Good news!

[SevenofNine]

NYER get on this thread

[SumProVita]

Welcome hone indeed! The Family opens its arms to you....

[Deo et Patria]

It’s already been done. The Vatican has recently established protocols for Anglicans who want to come home.

What a great day. “There will be one flock, one Shepherd.” John 10:16

[trad_anglican]

A Blessed - though entirely expected - development. It was the TAC (the international communion of which the ACA is the United States' contingent) that requested a "road home" back in 2007. Anglicanorum Coetibus was Rome's response. It would have been a shocker had the ACA turned them down.

Not to take away from what is truly a joyous occasion.

[Pyro7480]

I went to some of the ACA’s websites, and I noticed that they have an office of “deaconess.” I would guess that’s out the window now.

[philly-d-kidder]

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[livius]

Wonderful!

[livius]

I don’t know. “Deaconess” might morph into something else; the original role of deacons (and “deaconesses”) was not liturgical, but to distribute food to the poor and do a lot of what we would now call administrative activities.

[Campion]

There was an office of "deaconess" in the early church, but they weren't considered to have received Holy Orders. They were primarily there to assist in the baptism of women.

(This was back in the day where baptisms even of adults were conducted with the baptizand dressed in his or her "birthday suit".)

I have no idea what function they serve in the ACA. Presumably such an office could still exist, if it were the subject of careful catechesis and the commissioning liturgy for the "deaconess" was not to be confused with the conferral of Holy Orders.

[xzins]

I miss Arlin. He was a good FRiend of us Methodists.