Anglicans in Christchurch are talking about sharing a cathedral with the Catholics, a move that would have worldwide ramifications….
Rebuilding Christchurch’s two wounded cathedrals into one ‘unprecedented’ Anglican-Catholic super-cathedral is under discussion at top levels in the Anglican Church.
The Sunday Star-Times understands the possibility of an ecumenical, or joint, cathedral to unify the two churches has been discussed behind closed doors for months.
For an example of a joint RC/Episcopal congregation see Holy Apostles, Virginia Beach – ha-arc.com St. Augustine’s Church in SW Washington for a time shared the building with Temple Micah though the Temple seems to have moved to a new location not far from Washington Cathedral. Perhaps a square building with
a properly oriented prayer niche for Muslims, a corner for the Scrolls and an Anglican and a Roman Catholic altar adjacent to each other would meet the needs of the community. Some careful scheduling might be necessary, but with moveable chairs it coule work.
I think that this is a truly absurd idea, one from the 60s that has long passed its sell-by date — especially considering the different “trajectories” that the Catholic Church and Anglican churches like The Episcopal Church and the New Zealand Anglicans have been following on various “issues” which I will forbear to mention here.
I can’t imagine Rome would be pleased with such an arrangement.