An understandable mistake, but a mistake nevertheless. Pope Benedict et al didn’t do it for the TEC but for the seekers (although I don’t doubt that there were some in the TEC who were happy to see conservative Anglican parishes swim the Tiber).
The seekers were primarily from the Continuum, and, more crucially, a number of CoE bishops, in early 2009.
I guess I missed something-what was an understandable mistake?
I imagine they could in theory. Would be a lot of travel though on top of his current responsibilities to parishes spread across a region much, much larger than the territory of the other two Ordinariates combined.
No, and this had been made clear from the beginning. The Ordinariates were created for and are entrenched firmly in the Latin church. They are the equivalent of dioceses/eparchies. They follow the Roman Rite and are subject to Latin canon law.
okay. but I still am slow at understanding what you are calling a mistake. could you be more specific please?
Hi Sorrows. I’m surprised that you’re asking again (I’m hoping this will be the last time) because I was already pretty explicit/specific in post nine. I’m saying that it is a mistake to call it an “ecumenical endeavor”.
I would have to say No.
yes I saw your bolded words.
I believe what he is saying is that an ecumenical endeavor is generally said to be for the purpose of relationships between religions/Churches/ecclesial communities, whereas the ordinariate was not started for to work on relationships between the Anglican groups and Catholicism as groups, but rather to meet the needs of specific (now former) Anglicans.
