{"id":17808,"date":"2010-02-09T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/damian_thompson-the_popes_offer_to_anglicans_the_moving_testimony_of_an_an\/"},"modified":"2010-02-09T17:00:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:00:02","slug":"damian_thompson-the_popes_offer_to_anglicans_the_moving_testimony_of_an_an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=17808","title":{"rendered":"Damian Thompson–The Pope's offer to Anglicans: the moving testimony of an Anglo-Catholic priest"},"content":{"rendered":"

1) Some of you insist this provision is not for England. Then why did the Pope specifically request the English hierarchy to welcome us, stating that we have something to offer as well as receive?<\/p>\n

2) Might this distinct gift we bring with us be the reason for not simply being subsumed into the larger body? Certainly my church would offer a very distinct Eastward facing, biretta-wearing Solemn Mass which is very different to the modern rite at the other end of town.<\/p>\n

3) Many of us have not already come accross because we were tending to our flock. I could never have individually converted as it felt like an act of escape. This however feels like an act of exodus which allows me to prepare the people and bring them with me, should we decide to accept the offer. That is tremendously exciting but also very, very scary. Rejection on the other side would be hugely damaging \u201d\u201cplease welcome us. We have not been loved for a very long time and may need some TLC and patience.<\/p>\n

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1) Some of you insist this provision is not for England. Then why did the Pope specifically request the English hierarchy to welcome us, stating that we have something to offer as well as receive? 2) Might this distinct gift…<\/span><\/p>\n

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