A priest who heads a branch of the Catholic church has told members of an Anglo-Catholic congregation they face an individual choice whether to defect.
Father Keith Newton, a former Anglican bishop who was ordained as a Catholic priest last month to head the Ordinariate, today addressed worshippers from St James the Great, Darlington, about plans to convert.
Its priest Father Ian Grieves has already publicly declared plans to leave the Anglo-Catholic church to join the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
He expected “most” of the congregation would support the plans. However, the future of the church and its buildings remains unsure.
How many times must we suffer that hideous word ‘defect’
I am not defecting, I am choosing to accept a gracious invitation. If anyone has defected it is the C of E from biblical standards
[blockquote] “He expected “most†of the congregation would support the plans. However, the future of the church and its buildings remains unsure.” [/blockquote]
We have seen time and again that christians opposed to liberalism aren’t wedded to buildings. They may fight to keep them, but if they lose that fight, they are prepared to worship anywhere. Very often they don’t even fight, just hand over the keys and go.
I expect these believers will be the same.