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To: trad_anglican
there aren't cardinals in the Anglican hierarchy.

As mentioned before, I am a RC attending an Eastern (Maronite) Catholic Church. These churches are self-governing under a Patriarch. The Maronite Patriarch, Mar Nasrallah Peter Sfeir, is also a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. How would the Anglican Church approach this aspect of governance?

TAC churches reject the innovation of "female priests."

Well that's resolved :-). I presume TAC allows for married clergy. Are there any celibate TAC priests and how does TAC view priestly celibacy?

PS - FWIW, the term "uniate" is considered pejorative in the Eastern Churches. The preferred term is "in communion with", though the Orthodox in the forum have disagree and defend the word "uniate". "Tomatoe" "Tomatoh" ... we all understand each other.

22 posted on 11/16/2005 1:03:54 PM PST by NYer (“Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion")
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To: NYer
How would the Anglican Church approach this aspect of governance?

I don't know that anyone's got that deep into it yet. Each of the TAC member churches has a "presiding bishop" or archbishop. There is also a presiding bishop of the house of bishops of the TAC (that is bishop Hepworth mentioned in the article). What curial office (is that a term?) any of the presiding bishops of the constituent churches or the presiding bishop of the TAC might hold (if any), is, I believe, yet to be determined.

Are there any celibate TAC priests and how does TAC view priestly celibacy?

There are many celibate Anglican priests. I don't think the TAC has an official position on priestly celibacy, other than to a)agree with St. Paul, b)proscribe sexual relations outside of marriage, c)allow married men to become priests and allow priests to marry.

I used the term uniate because I figured people would know what it meant. I had no idea it was considered pejorative by the Eastern Churches and apologize for any offense. "In communion with" is, in fact, the term that is being used and your comparison to the Eastern Churches is spot on.

If you're interested in a summary of what the TAC churches believe, you may want to check out the TAC Documents Page

23 posted on 11/16/2005 2:18:25 PM PST by trad_anglican
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