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There is a viable option for all orthodox Anglicans who want to maintain the historic worship, doctrine, and discipline of the Anglican tradition - and that is the Reformed Episcopal Church. They have 100% orthodox and conservative bishops and accept the Bible as their ultimate authority, as well as affirming the Creeds, the first four ecumenical councils, and the Thirty-Nine Articles. Anyone who is looking for an orthodox Anglican home in the U.S. should check them out.

Another alternative is the Pastoral Provision for the Anglican Usage of the Roman Rite. These are Catholic parishes comprised of former Anglican and Episcopalian congregations that have become Roman Catholic, and which have been given special permission to celebrate their own uniquely English version of the orthodox Catholic mass. Our parishes tend to be orthodox, doctrinally conservative, and liturgically traditional; the mass is celebrated by a properly attired priest, who faces the Tabernacle (not the congregation) and offers us the Body and Blood of the Lord from his own hands. (We receive Communion on the tongue while kneeling at the altar rail.) Our mass is based upon the traditional Anglican forms as found in The Book of Divine Worship and do not contain recent liturgical “improvements”. Yes, we have married priests, but these men were married before joining the Catholic Church, and are fully orthodox in their belief and teaching regarding priestly celibacy.

Anglicans, come home. The Roman Catholic Church needs you. There has never been a better time to “cross the Tiber” than now.