This is somewhat stunning... 

Traditional Anglican Communion Petitions Rome for Union
10/18/2007

The College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) recently petitioned for “full, corporate, sacramental union” with the Roman Catholic Church recently.

The appeal for union was debated during a meeting of bishops in Portsmouth, England during the first week of October. It was delivered in a letter, which was signed by all the bishops present. The letter was delivered personally to the Holy See by the Most Rev. John Hepworth, Primate of TAC, and two other bishops selected by the college.

Bishop David Moyer, Bishop of the Armed Forces for the U.S. branch of TAC and rector of Good Shepherd Church, Rosemont, Pa., said the college agreed not to discuss the appeal or the contents of the letter until after the Vatican has responded. Customarily the Roman Catholic Church does not announce ahead of time when it will make a decision public.

With approximately 100 congregations in the U.S., the Anglican Church in America (ACA) is among the largest of several “Continuing Churches” which emerged from the Affirmation of St. Louis and the 1977 gathering of former Episcopalians and other Anglicans. The ACA is the American branch of TAC, a worldwide association of orthodox Anglican churches, working to maintain the catholic faith and resist the secularization of the Church. TAC claims more than 400,000 members on six continents. Neither TAC nor the ACA are among the Common Cause Partnership of Anglicans led by Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh.

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Thank you for your post.

Perhaps we should all pray more fervently for Anglicans/Episcopalians.  They are close to us.

God bless,


NoelFitz.
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micheal -- i think you two are violently agreeing on this one.

a 'sect' is any group that does not follow a 'lawfully acknoledge rite' .

To my knowledge there is not yet a 'anglican right' within the universal church, which is not to say one can't be allowed or created.

The Anglican Use Liturgy
in the Roman Catholic Church

provided by Dave Brown

In 1980, His Holiness Pope John Paul II granted a Pastoral Provision for the establishment of parishes composed of former Episcopalians which could use a modified liturgy from _The Book of Common Prayer_. There are, at present, six parishes in the USA now using the Anglican Use liturgy. (There are other groups now forming. Canonically, any groups seeking permission to use the Anglican Use liturgy must be composed of former Episcopalians. But once permission is given any Catholic may participate.) These parishes are in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, but permitted to have their own distinctive liturgy and also permitted to follow their own customs at Mass.

 

for the complete Anglican Use Liturgy click this link

http://www.cin.org/anguse.html

Remember, the Sun is always shining!

Michael, I agree with bhokuto. The problem that is becoming evermore evident is that within each Rite there is currently a thread of individualism growing that is threatening to break the one body into many parts. Bhokuto is saying that if the formation of individual Rites does not lead the church to become one body, then there is a great danger in allowing more than one Rite. Perhaps bhokuto has been around more than you Michael as I know what he is talking about and I am certain Cardinal Ratzinger knows also as Prefect for Doctrine he continually corrected errors of the individual Rites. One specifically comes to mind in the gluten free Eucharist or rice Eucharist which Cardinal Ratzinger advised Pope John Paul 11 to deny which is currently being promoted by the Benedictine Convents. Also the tidal wave of Jesuits calling for marriage of Priests. I am certain that Christ intended that we become one body and bhokuto has every rite[no pun intended]to be concerned at this moment in history, especially in the United States where independance is valued greatly beyond unity, especially in religion, that is why we have the largest body of non Catholic christians in the world and growing into smaller and smaller more diverse sects of belief and losing any resemblance to the orginal Christ that we know.

See the link to the ordinary rites: http://www.canticanova.com/articles/misc/art7ag1.htm

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen

The CCC (1208 and 1209) clearly identify and ratify the various rites in the Church:

"the diverse liturgical traditions or rites, legitimately recognized, manifest the catholicity of the Church, because they signify and communicate the same mystery of Christ" (CCC 1208)

"The criterion that assures unity and diversity of liturgical traditions is fidelity to apostolic Tradition, i.e. the communion in the faith and the sacraments received from the apostles, a communion that is both signified and guaranteed by apostolic succession" (CCC 1209)

The deep mystery of Christ is so rich that the Church recogizes that it simply cannot be contained or adequately expressed by the Roman rite alone. This is why Holy Mother Church recignizes and in fact wants to foster the other legitimate rites of the Church.

Noel, Here is the history of Cardinal Ratzinger's appointments in the Catholic church:

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Many thanks for your two posts to me. 

The archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Ryan, is excellent.  

I was interested in the information you sent.

God bless,


NoelFitz.
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I write that different rites are right.

God bless,


NoelFitz.
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In necessariis, unitas; in dubiis, libertas; in omnibus, caritas.
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