16 May, 2008...3:29 pm
TAC Appeal from Primate
Via the The MESSENGER website: TAC Appeal (Word Document).
This letter was used earlier this year in an Appeal to both our own Traditional Anglican Communion people and Roman Catholic people in several countries who have shown interest in helping us. It has since been published in other places, although seemingly not in full. It contains brief quotations from the Traditional Anglican Communion’s letter to the Holy See (the original letter runs to some eleven pages). [And some very nice photos from the meeting of bishops!] The Traditional Anglican Communion will not be releasing the full text until the response of the Holy See has been received, in accordance with a commitment given by the three delegates who handed the letter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Primate has released this text in order to obviate any confusion arising from its partial distribution. He has also expressed the hope that the last page, where he appeals for support, might receive as much attention as the rest.
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17 May, 2008 at 12:31 am
As the days go by I run hot and cold on this one.
I am well past the point where I have any “kaspereque” concern over difficulties this sort of relationship could engender with the world-wide Anglican communion - to mix metaphors, that train has sailed.
Now the question of a balancing act seems to be a big one in my mind: Rome does well to accomadate in the non-essentials, but folks wanting to come home do well to not put terms to it.
I don’t have any problem with making an accomadation and setting up some sort of organ within the Church to accomadate an Anglican-use sort of set up - I suspect that some would come out of the woodwork to join in, and this sort of reconcilation would be a good thing.
At the same time, as these folks leave the woodwork I would be hardpressed to resist the temptation to NOT play the older brother of the Prodigal Son and say “Why finally now?”
One thing I do know, every effort should be made to make sure that baggage gets checked on the way in. Clear visions and understandings of being Catholic and their place within our Church need to be reached in advance. I have no interest in introducing new (to us) old (to them) difficulties into the family.
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