tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post4184514495247804825..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: OFFICIAL: 5 Anglican bishops to join OrdinariateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-56110313158865870742010-11-08T15:18:22.605+01:002010-11-08T15:18:22.605+01:00Are these bishops heartless? Or is it that they si...Are these bishops heartless? Or is it that they simply don't care about the pastoral issues they are creating?<br /><br />There are many lifelong members of the Roman Catholic Church who believe God has called them to be ordained. Unfortunately for them, they also believe God called them to be husbands and fathers.<br /><br />Who will be supporting these people, as they start to deal with their emotions?<br /><br />There are people within the Church of England who have been confirmed and ordained by the Bishops that are now moving to the Roman Catholic Church. As part of the move, I understand they will be required to acknowledge that their former ordination was meaningless.<br /><br />Who will be supporting these people, as they start to deal with their emotions?Battersea Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723753302380776426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-66839292542731398942010-11-08T14:25:38.673+01:002010-11-08T14:25:38.673+01:00I think you should not guess but wait and see. You...I think you should not guess but wait and see. You might be surprised at the speed of reception and ordinationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-72164002452832664182010-11-08T14:05:16.110+01:002010-11-08T14:05:16.110+01:00John,
It should be remembered that once these men ...John,<br />It should be remembered that once these men join Rome, they will not only cease t be bishops, they will cease to be ordained, period. Who will serve these people until any of the former Anglican clergy are ordained in the Roman Catholic Church? They may try to spin it that they are being re-ordained. But the Vatican will see them as laymen until they are ordained in the RC Church. How long will it take for those who meet the Vatican's requirements to be ordained as deacons, then how long until they are ordained as priests? This may take quite some time. In the meantime what do the former Anglicans do in terms of sacraments. Presumably RC clergy will look after them, but where will these spare clergy come from, how will they serve and what ritual will they use? Look at the cases of the two former TEC bishops who went to Rome in the last two or three years and were not ordained, although one of them may have been ordained as a deacon, they returned to TEC. These five soon-to-be former Anglican bishops will never become Roman bishops, unless they're widowers. They are presumably financially well-off enough to weather the storm, what provisions are there for the lower clergy to support themselves and their dependents, once the become Roman Catholic laymen? I won't be surprised if Rome drags their feet in doing anything with many of these guys. Rome is what Rome is and has been fairly honest about what they are willing to do, the question is, do some of these former Anglicans have unrealistic expectations?RMBrutonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017576806723146013noreply@blogger.com