IF WISHES WERE HORSES
Breathes there a man with soul so dead that he doesn’t actually feel kind of sorry for Pointless-on-the-Thames right about now?
Dr Williams and Pope Benedict XVI prayed and lit candles together at the Chapel of St Gregory the Great, in a service highlighting 1,400 years of links between the church in England and Rome.
Pope Benedict welcomed Dr Williams as “my dear brother in Christ” and referred to members of the two churches as “the faithful – both Catholic and Anglican”.
In his address the Pope described the site as the “birthplace of the link between Christianity in Britain and the Church of Rome”.
He added: “We hope that the sign of our presence here together in front of the holy altar where Gregory himself celebrated the eucharist sacrifice will remain not only as a reminder of our fraternal encounter but also a stimulus for all the faithful – both Catholic and Anglican … to renew their commitment to pray constantly and to work for unity.”
Those words. I do not think they mean what His Grace thinks they mean.
Dr Williams is due to begin discussions with fellow bishops in the coming weeks on how to introduce women bishops in the Church of England.
Traditionalist Anglo-Catholics have warned that the move would set back efforts to restore full communion between the Anglican and Catholic churches.
Gee, ya think? My gracious lord of Canterbury then did a nifty Bob Duncan imitation.
But in his address Dr Williams spoke pointedly of the two churches as “one holy catholic and apostolic body”.
So there’s really no need for that Ordinariate thing. Sad, really, watching a man grovel like that. “One holy catholic and apostolic body” actually means one holy catholic and apostolic body and the Anglicans.
He said the churches shared a “clear yet imperfect” relationship with a “vision of the restoration of full sacramental communion”.
Translation: please deep-six an Ordinariate, please keep acting as though I still matter and please don’t make me beg. “Clear yet imperfect relationship” means the Pope will always find time for photo ops like this one while Anglican and Catholic “visions of the restoration of full sacramental communion” differ rather sharply, to say the least.
But he admitted that this was held back by a “deficit in the depth of our hope and patience”.
Well, that and the fact that Roman Catholics have a clear and consistent theology while Anglican “theology” is an incoherent mess and scarcely worthy of that word.
Rowan Williams used a joint prayer service in Rome to call for a renewed drive to “restore full sacramental communion” between the Anglican and Catholic churches.
Dr Williams and Pope Benedict XVI prayed and lit candles together at the Chapel of St Gregory the Great, in a service highlighting 1,400 years of links between the church in England and Rome.
Pope Benedict welcomed Dr Williams as “my dear brother in Christ” and referred to members of the two churches as “the faithful – both Catholic and Anglican”.
In his address the Pope described the site as the “birthplace of the link between Christianity in Britain and the Church of Rome”.
He added: “We hope that the sign of our presence here together in front of the holy altar where Gregory himself celebrated the eucharist sacrifice will remain not only as a reminder of our fraternal encounter but also a stimulus for all the faithful – both Catholic and Anglican … to renew their commitment to pray constantly and to work for unity.”
Those words. I do not think they mean what His Grace thinks they mean.
Dr Williams is due to begin discussions with fellow bishops in the coming weeks on how to introduce women bishops in the Church of England.
Traditionalist Anglo-Catholics have warned that the move would set back efforts to restore full communion between the Anglican and Catholic churches.
Gee, ya think? My gracious lord of Canterbury then did a nifty Bob Duncan imitation.
But in his address Dr Williams spoke pointedly of the two churches as “one holy catholic and apostolic body”.
So there’s really no need for that Ordinariate thing. Sad, really, watching a man grovel like that. “One holy catholic and apostolic body” actually means one holy catholic and apostolic body and the Anglicans.
He said the churches shared a “clear yet imperfect” relationship with a “vision of the restoration of full sacramental communion”.
Translation: please deep-six an Ordinariate, please keep acting as though I still matter and please don’t make me beg. “Clear yet imperfect relationship” means the Pope will always find time for photo ops like this one while Anglican and Catholic “visions of the restoration of full sacramental communion” differ rather sharply, to say the least.
But he admitted that this was held back by a “deficit in the depth of our hope and patience”.
Well, that and the fact that Roman Catholics have a clear and consistent theology while Anglican “theology” is an incoherent mess and scarcely worthy of that word.
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