We have received the Vatican’s statement and the joint statement signed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of Westminster. We are in dialogue with the Archbishop’s office and will, in the coming days, continue to explore the full implications of this in our ecumenical relations.
The announcement reflects what the Roman Catholic Church, through its acceptance of Anglican rite parishes, has been doing for some years more informally.
We in the Episcopal Church continue to look to the Holy Spirit, who guides us in understanding of what it means to be the Church in the Anglican Tradition.
We continue to remain in dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church through participation in the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Consultation (ARCIC) and the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the USA (ARC-USA).
The Episcopal Church is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and works together with other Provinces and with our ecumenical and interfaith partners to promote God’s reign on earth.
TEC looks to the Holy Spirit for guidance?
I never knew that!
http://manassas-anglican.blogspot.com/
Terse and lame in my view with underlying animus, the last of which is no surprise.
Let’s face it, the Pope makes TEC look as bad as the AB of C.
“Same old, same old, nothing new here, all is well.”
RE: “The announcement reflects what the Roman Catholic Church, through its acceptance of Anglican rite parishes, has been doing for some years more informally.”
Yeh, yeh, that’s it. Same old thing they’ve always been doing and nothing new at all.
Look over there at the nice shiny red ball!!!!
PROPAGANDA.
Proof of Bishop Epting’s brilliant ecumenical strategy with Methodists (liberals) and any liberal denomination that will countenance the views that keep him active at cocktail parties in NYC and keep him out of the stocks in Times Square, as he so pointedly blogged last fall. Alas, his ecumenism did not extend to Rome or serious traditional Christian churches that opposed his viewpoint and that of the errant ECUSA/TEC. The latter is quite well on its way to being a footnote in church history books about minor aberrant sects as this bishop likewise predicted “if we are wrong”.
The singular joy is that the bishop will now continue to “dialogue” in quite the ECUSA/TEC style from the opposite side of the table. Perhaps he will listen from that vantage point?