The Anglican Ordinariate which aims to be established in Australia by Pentecost is about evangelising, not preserving some pure form of Anglicanism, one of its leading figures said, reports the Record.
Bishop Harry Entwistle of Perth (pictured), one of 50 disaffected Anglicans who met on the Gold Coast earlier this month to gauge “how many and who” will join the Ordinariate, said the Ordinariate’s aim will be that of the universal Church ”“ to bring people into relationship with God.
Bishop Entwistle, who will address a Festival this Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Parish in Como to “introduce the Anglican Ordinariate for Australia”, said it has always been believed that the Ordinarate will begin “with smallish numbers who will then try to grow and evangelise”.
The prospective members of the Anglican Ordinariate may have been evangelising before this in Australia, but they have precious little to show for it. Why should things change now?
The Traditional Anglican Communion does indeed claim 400,000 members worldwide, but no objective support has ever been offered for this claim.
In Australia (home of its primate) the TAC claims 17 congregations. The congregation in Sydney (largest city in Australia) has an ASA of 15.