Orthodox Anglicans Still Fractured But Maintain Identity, Strength
Orthodox Anglicans Still Fractured But Maintain Identity, Strength
Fellowship of Concerned Churchman
December 20, 2011
WE HAVE COMPARED current jurisdictional websites and other relevant sources with the data reported in the FCC’s November 2007 Directory of Traditional Anglican & Episcopal Parishes, and find that we have a slight increase in parishes that we could identify as orthodox (1,146 over and against 1,027), if one uses support for the historic all-male priesthood as a key criterion.
However, we also find that orthodox Anglicans remain fragmented, with some 30 jurisdictions noted, though a number of them (and generally those with larger parish totals) can be found within three of four umbrella groupings of orthodox Anglican bodies: original derivatives of the post-1976 Continuing Anglican movement, the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas (launched in 2006), and the (new) Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), established in 2009.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Fellowship of Concerned Churchman
December 20, 2011
WE HAVE COMPARED current jurisdictional websites and other relevant sources with the data reported in the FCC’s November 2007 Directory of Traditional Anglican & Episcopal Parishes, and find that we have a slight increase in parishes that we could identify as orthodox (1,146 over and against 1,027), if one uses support for the historic all-male priesthood as a key criterion.
However, we also find that orthodox Anglicans remain fragmented, with some 30 jurisdictions noted, though a number of them (and generally those with larger parish totals) can be found within three of four umbrella groupings of orthodox Anglican bodies: original derivatives of the post-1976 Continuing Anglican movement, the Federation of Anglican Churches in the Americas (launched in 2006), and the (new) Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), established in 2009.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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