Beautiful and sad. Was truly looking forward to the establishment of the Anglican Ordinariates so I could finally have a Church Catholic Home. Now, it seems out of fear of offending Canterbury the term Anglican has been removed from the Ordinariates. So be it. I remove myself from all things Catholic and will if possible find a “Continuing” Anglican presence that I can live out the Catholic Faith. Not much out here where I currently live or where I will be moving to but I shakll endeavor to persevere.
Matthew, your comment is somewhat confusing. While the official name for the ordinariates are "personal ordinariates" that is not out of fear of offending Canterbury (which certainly shows no sign of caring about offending Rome), but because with the establishment of the personal ordinariates a new structure has been created within the church which can also be used for other groups of the faithful, and doubtless will be. There was already a structure known as ordinariates in Catholic Canon Law, but those applied only to clergy, while the personal ordinariates (so far limited to the three for Anglicans) include laity as well.
Within the ordinariate parishes the Anglican patrimony is cherished, as the note about "Anglican chant" in the notice about St. Gregory the Great alludes to. But getting your sense of what the Ordinariates are about just by means of items posted online is to sell the Ordinariate communities and yourself short.
Beautiful and sad. Was truly looking forward to the establishment of the Anglican Ordinariates so I could finally have a Church Catholic Home. Now, it seems out of fear of offending Canterbury the term Anglican has been removed from the Ordinariates. So be it. I remove myself from all things Catholic and will if possible find a “Continuing” Anglican presence that I can live out the Catholic Faith. Not much out here where I currently live or where I will be moving to but I shakll endeavor to persevere.
ReplyDeleteMatthew, your comment is somewhat confusing. While the official name for the ordinariates are "personal ordinariates" that is not out of fear of offending Canterbury (which certainly shows no sign of caring about offending Rome), but because with the establishment of the personal ordinariates a new structure has been created within the church which can also be used for other groups of the faithful, and doubtless will be. There was already a structure known as ordinariates in Catholic Canon Law, but those applied only to clergy, while the personal ordinariates (so far limited to the three for Anglicans) include laity as well.
ReplyDeleteWithin the ordinariate parishes the Anglican patrimony is cherished, as the note about "Anglican chant" in the notice about St. Gregory the Great alludes to. But getting your sense of what the Ordinariates are about just by means of items posted online is to sell the Ordinariate communities and yourself short.