Comments on: "On the Gathering of Anglicans" http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/01/on-the-gathering-of-anglicans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-gathering-of-anglicans Catholic Faith and Anglican Patrimony Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:32:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Pastoral Wisdom « The Anglo-Catholic http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/01/on-the-gathering-of-anglicans/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Pastoral Wisdom « The Anglo-Catholic Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:24:37 +0000 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/?p=2761#comment-2169 [...] has gone largely unnoticed. Indeed, a comment was sent to a posting dealing with the recent Pastoral Letter and the eagerly-awaited Letter from Portsmouth to [...] [...] has gone largely unnoticed. Indeed, a comment was sent to a posting dealing with the recent Pastoral Letter and the eagerly-awaited Letter from Portsmouth to [...]

]]> By: Mary Frances http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/01/on-the-gathering-of-anglicans/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Mary Frances Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:28:14 +0000 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/?p=2761#comment-1809 The Primate writes, "I believe with all my heart that this is a work of God and an act of great generosity by Pope Benedict." Nor would it have happened if the Primate himself had not stayed the course in the face of obstacles that would have destroyed most men --such is his great love for the Church. The Primate writes, "I believe with all my heart that this is a work of God and an act of great generosity by Pope Benedict."

Nor would it have happened if the Primate himself had not stayed the course in the face of obstacles that would have destroyed most men –such is his great love for the Church.

]]> By: Ed Skrivanek http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/01/on-the-gathering-of-anglicans/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 Ed Skrivanek Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:23:02 +0000 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/?p=2761#comment-1800 I'm filled with great joy at the prospect of being able to welcome so many wonderful and devout Christians home to the Catholic Church. I look forward just as eagerly to sharing communion with them at Mass, united in the body of Christ. I have no doubt that Anglicanorum Coetibus will be a great blessing not only to those who choose to come home, but also to the Catholic Church and the entire world. I'm filled with great joy at the prospect of being able to welcome so many wonderful and devout Christians home to the Catholic Church. I look forward just as eagerly to sharing communion with them at Mass, united in the body of Christ. I have no doubt that Anglicanorum Coetibus will be a great blessing not only to those who choose to come home, but also to the Catholic Church and the entire world.

]]> By: Hugo Mendez http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/01/on-the-gathering-of-anglicans/comment-page-1/#comment-1799 Hugo Mendez Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:19:41 +0000 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/?p=2761#comment-1799 I applaud the way ++Hepworth's addresses the matter of re-ordination, particularly his reminder that all that matters is "the future." The future requires "a certainty of validity that rests, not on the winning of a theological argument. . . but on the indisputable certainty of Catholic practice." At the anglicancontinuum blog, there has been endless ink spilled on Apo. Cur. and S. Off: defenses, rebuttals, arguments. It seems ACC writers will absolutely refuse any reunion opportunity that does not accept the truth of S. Off. And yet, as ++Hepworth notes, Anglicans included Old Catholics in their ordination ceremonies not least to render their orders "more acceptable to Rome in the event of some future Reunion" (Brian Taylor). A more "Anglican" approach (as ++Hepworth wisely notes) is to make concessions, even in the matter of ordination, for the sake of unity. If Anglicans were willing to make certain concessions when a reunion with Rome was a remote, far off, possibility, why refuse one last concession more now that the moment of reunion is immanent, and the door is wide, wide open? I applaud the way ++Hepworth's addresses the matter of re-ordination, particularly his reminder that all that matters is "the future." The future requires "a certainty of validity that rests, not on the winning of a theological argument. . . but on the indisputable certainty of Catholic practice." At the anglicancontinuum blog, there has been endless ink spilled on Apo. Cur. and S. Off: defenses, rebuttals, arguments. It seems ACC writers will absolutely refuse any reunion opportunity that does not accept the truth of S. Off. And yet, as ++Hepworth notes, Anglicans included Old Catholics in their ordination ceremonies not least to render their orders "more acceptable to Rome in the event of some future Reunion" (Brian Taylor).

A more "Anglican" approach (as ++Hepworth wisely notes) is to make concessions, even in the matter of ordination, for the sake of unity. If Anglicans were willing to make certain concessions when a reunion with Rome was a remote, far off, possibility, why refuse one last concession more now that the moment of reunion is immanent, and the door is wide, wide open?

]]> By: Rob Federle http://www.theanglocatholic.com/2010/01/on-the-gathering-of-anglicans/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Rob Federle Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.theanglocatholic.com/?p=2761#comment-1798 Waiting with the tye in hand to assist in docking the barque! Waiting with the tye in hand to assist in docking the barque!

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