[OLDCATH-L] _SOME_ Anglicans in Australia Unanimously Vote to Become Catholic

[Sam'l B]

     I am not surprised that "Forward in Faith" has taken this step -- 
what +David Robardts says about their experience: "In Australia we 
have tried for a quarter of a decade to get some form of episcopal 
oversight but we have failed… We're not really wanted any more, our 
conscience is not being respected." -- is also true of FIF in the 
British Isles, and of several groups in the US.

     Unlike +Facione, I do not see the phenomenon of Anglicans 
"swimming the Tiber" to join the Roman Communion as a devious plot by 
the Roman Curia to destroy Anglicanism -- although I imagine there has 
been a great deal of gleeful hand-rubbing in Rome -- but as the result 
of the unwillingness of the wildly illiberal wing in power  to abide 
by the terms of the "Anglican Compromise" (Everyone be polite, and be 
nice to others who disagree with one) worked out in the reign of 
Elizabeth I.

     I predict that the Evangelical (Low-Church, crypto-Presbyterian) 
wing will be the next target.  They won't go to Rome,   however..  :)

+S.B.Bassett

On 02/17/2010 10:03 PM, +Marty wrote:
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> Forward in Faith Anglicans in Australia Unanimously Vote to Become Catholic
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> By Deacon Keith Fournier
> 2/18/2010
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> *Catholic Online (www.catholic.org <http://www.catholic.org>)*
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> They will come into full communion with the Catholic Church while
> maintaining aspects of their liturgical distinctives and Anglican Ethos.
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> Catholic Bishop Peter Elliott who will oversee this historic process.
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> Catholic Bishop Peter Elliott who will oversee this historic process.
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> SYDNEY, Australia (Catholic Online) – It has been an historic week for
> the Church in Australia and around the world. The move of many Anglican
> Christians into full communion with the Catholic Church has taken a
> decided move forward.
>
> In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Bishop David Robarts OAM, the
> chairman of Forward in Faith Australia, explained that members of that
> Anglican association in Australia have decided they could no longer move
> forward in faith as a part of an Anglican Church in Australia which was
> not being faithful.
>
> The Bishop explained that the Anglican Church was moving away from
> orthodox Christian belief and practice and leaving them behind: "In
> Australia we have tried for a quarter of a decade to get some form of
> episcopal oversight but we have failed… We're not really wanted any
> more, our conscience is not being respected."
>
> The Bishop continued, "We're not shifting the furniture, we're simply
> saying that we have been faithful Anglicans upholding what Anglicans
> have always believed - and we're not wanting to change anything, but we
> have been marginalized by people who want to introduce innovations. We
> need to have bishops that believe what we believe."
>
> So, on Sunday, February 13, 2010, Forward in Faith Australia voted
> unanimously to accept the invitation extended by Pope Benedict XVI in
> his historic Constitution, /Anglicanorum Coetibus/. They will now take
> the next step in entering into the full communion of the Catholic Church.
>
> The entire process of following the directions set forth in the
> Apostolic Constitution is being presided over by Catholic Bishop Peter
> Elliott. This Anglican group will now make Church history. They will
> come into full communion with the Catholic Church while maintaining
> aspects of their liturgical distinctives and Anglican Ethos.
>
> Bishop Elliott explained the process in a recent article he wrote for
> the publication of the Traditional Anglican Communion:
>
> /"The Pastor of the nations (Pope Benedict XVI) is reaching out to give
> you a special place within the Catholic Church. United in communion, but
> not absorbed – that sums up the unique and privileged status former
> Anglicans will enjoy in their Ordinariates. /
>
> /"Catholics in full communion with the Successor of St Peter, you will
> be gathered in distinctive communities that preserve elements of
> Anglican worship, spirituality and culture that are compatible with
> Catholic faith and morals. Each Ordinariate will be an autonomous
> structure, like a diocese, but something between a Personal Prelature
> (as in Opus Dei, purely spiritual jurisdiction), or a Military
> Ordinariate (for the Armed Forces). /
>
> /"In some ways, the Ordinariate will even be similar to a Rite (the
> Eastern Catholic Churches). You will enjoy your own liturgical "use" as
> Catholics of the Roman Rite. At the same time your Ordinaries, bishops
> or priests, will work alongside diocesan bishops of the Roman Rite and
> find their place within the Episcopal Conference in each nation or region."/
>
> These members of Forward in Faith, Australia, will be accompanied on the
> journey to full communion by members of the Traditional Anglican
> Communion and others from the Anglican Church in Australia.
>
> They have established a "working group" which, under the supervision of
> Bishop Elliott and the direction of the Holy See, will establish the
> process of establishing an Anglican Ordinariate in Australia. It may
> become a prototype for similar Anglican Ordinariates in other parts of
> the world.
>
> Bishop David Robarts told the Daily Telegraph, "I love my Anglican
> heritage, but I'm not going to lose it by taking this step."
>
> After the release of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus,
> the Anglican Bishops of Ebbsfleet and Richborough issued a call for a
> Day of Prayer and Discernment on Monday 22nd February. February 22d is
> the Feast of the Chair of Peter. These are historic times.
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