[OLDCATH-L] _SOME_ Anglicans in Australia Unanimously Vote to Beco...

Sam'l B samlb at samlb.ws
Thu Feb 18 22:24:44 EST 2010


On 02/18/2010 05:06 PM, ORCB1 at aol.com wrote:
> And yes, it did
> create a sense of glee among some in the Curia who can pat themselves on
> the back for their "perseverance" in bringing Christian Unity (read that
> as submission to the Roman Pontiff) one step closer

	The ones w ho can't accept that the Roman Empire is DEADD, DEAD, 
DEADm and the Pope ain't the Emperor.

> As for the folks who
> "swim the Tiber", God Bless them and wish them luck as they get situated
> in their new second class status and bear the resentment of the many
> celibate Roman clergy.

	Agreed -- the news item said that they would be keeping their 
bishops, which is very much NOT how I understand it -- Anglican 
bishops have been accepted by Rome as _PRIESTS_.

	They can also commiserate with the forced-into-celibacy clergy of the 
Byzantine Rites of the Roman Communion.

+Sam'l
Grace and Peace! +Francis
> In a message dated 2/18/2010 2:56:59 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> samlb at samlb.ws writes:
>
>     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:
>      >
>      >
>      > Interesting application not in the original documents ~ reference
>     bishops.
>      >
>      > May God Bless You,
>      >
>      > */+Marty/*
>      >
>      > For the Greater Glory of God
>      >
>      > http://www.catholic.org/images/imgs/dotted_divider.gif
>      >
>      > http://www.catholic.org/images/imgs/dotted_divider.gif
>      >
>      > Forward in Faith Anglicans in Australia Unanimously Vote to
>     Become Catholic
>      >
>      > By Deacon Keith Fournier
>      > 2/18/2010
>      >
>      > *Catholic Online (www.catholic.org <http://www.catholic.org>)*
>      >
>      > They will come into full communion with the Catholic Church while
>      > maintaining aspects of their liturgical distinctives and Anglican
>     Ethos.
>      >
>      > Catholic Bishop Peter Elliott who will oversee this historic process.
>      > <http://www.catholic.org/photos/photo.php?news=35460>
>      > Catholic Bishop Peter Elliott who will oversee this historic process.
>      >
>      > 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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