The Secret to Preserving Anglicanism
The Secret to Preserving Anglicanism
By Fr. Anthony
Forward in Faith
May 25, 2013
Your Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Your Excellencies: faithful bishops of the Anglican Continuum, dear Fathers, brothers all in Christ;
It was suggested to me that I give a bit of history from the writings of Metropolitan Hilarion of the External Affairs Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, then focus on the Continuum, and finally to open the floor to any of the questions you may have, keeping in mind that having established the Western Rite Vicariate in The Russian Church Outside Russia, we are still growing into our identity.
The first difficulties in relation to the Church of England emerged in 1992 when its General Synod agreed to ordain women to the priesthood. The Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church came out with an official statement expressing regret and concern over this decision as contradicting the tradition of the Early Church. One might ask why our Church should have concerned itself at all with this matter?
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Fr. Anthony
Forward in Faith
May 25, 2013
Your Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, Your Excellencies: faithful bishops of the Anglican Continuum, dear Fathers, brothers all in Christ;
The first difficulties in relation to the Church of England emerged in 1992 when its General Synod agreed to ordain women to the priesthood. The Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church came out with an official statement expressing regret and concern over this decision as contradicting the tradition of the Early Church. One might ask why our Church should have concerned itself at all with this matter?
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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