ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AMERICA:Lukewarm Reception to RC Offer to Trad. Anglicans
ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: Roman Catholic Offer to Traditional Anglicans Receives Lukewarm Reception
By the Rev. Jeffrey W. Monroe
June 27, 2011
A formal offer to the world's 90 million Anglicans by the Roman Catholic Church to join with Rome has been received with lukewarm interest by a large group of conservative Anglicans in the United States , the Anglican Church in America.
The formal offer was in response to several requests by various Anglican Church bodies for inter-communion which was sent to the Vatican several years ago. The Vatican 's reply, known as Anglicanorum Coetibus, prescribed a means by which Anglicans worldwide could become Roman Catholic but offered no recognition of Holy Orders nor guaranteed that Anglican Rites would be fully preserved.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By the Rev. Jeffrey W. Monroe
June 27, 2011
A formal offer to the world's 90 million Anglicans by the Roman Catholic Church to join with Rome has been received with lukewarm interest by a large group of conservative Anglicans in the United States , the Anglican Church in America.
The formal offer was in response to several requests by various Anglican Church bodies for inter-communion which was sent to the Vatican several years ago. The Vatican 's reply, known as Anglicanorum Coetibus, prescribed a means by which Anglicans worldwide could become Roman Catholic but offered no recognition of Holy Orders nor guaranteed that Anglican Rites would be fully preserved.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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