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I don’t use the net for research, much, myself (Books, I must have books), and know of no sites I can cite, though I recall one being given me, containing a document from the Roman perspective, from around the first part of the 20th century. I probably bookmarked it, but it was not convincing, and I have lost track of it. For me, the works of Hughes and Clark (most particularly) are essential to understanding the respective positions.
However, I can highly recommend this site:
accipepotestatem.com/
which is run by a friend of mine, who knows more about *AC *than anyone I know, and more Latin than my daughter, who taught it for 5 years. I supplied a few bits of documentation to his collection, in the form of relevant books by Hughes, Dix, and one or two others, plus other material. He and I are not in complete agreement, and when we discussed it in the past, he invariably was able to pound me through the floor. On some pertinent points, we do agree.
I can suggest browsing the first 4 essays for some insight and surprises. The author is a traditionally-inclined RC, fully assenting to the magisterium, and makes some interesting points. Certainly, the comparision of the Pontificale Romanum, the Anglian Ordinal, as from the 1928 BCP, and the revised Pontificale Romanum, as of 1968, is most instructive.
It strikes me that, had Anglicanism not run off the track 30+ years ago, the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission might have produced an interesting document on the subject of orders by now. But what had begun with high hopes, under Paul VI and ++Michael Ramsey, was turned into exercises in futility, as official Anglicanism retreated from Catholcism, across the board.
Anglicans vary on their attitude toward liturgy, as they vary in other ways. Our basically Anglo-Catholic parish also has a read Prayer Book Service on Sunday, after the normally sung mass, for the 8-10 folks who find a high church liturgical approach too rich for their blood. So, while liturgy, to an orthodox Anglican, is essential, the liturgy in question is not always identical.
By another Western Rite, do you mean an Anglican Rite (as opposed to the current Anglican Use)?
I agree with you that an Anglican High Mass, with bells, smells, and yells, can be a beautiful thing. I get it every Sunday.
I thank you for the questions, and the kind words.
Pax, frater.
GKC
