Anglicans thinking of Rome 'must not become a sect' [BBC]

[Yellow_Belle]

Discontented Anglicans who convert must not become a “sect” within the Roman Catholic Church, a senior Catholic clergyman dealing with church unity has warned.

Monsignor Andrew Faley, Assistant General Secretary of the English and Welsh Catholic bishops’ conference, told the BBC News website that ordinariate members would be expected to co-operate with their local bishop and the life of their local Catholic parish.

“They can’t live separate from it… that would be a “sect” approach and that would not be tolerated within the Catholic understanding of the church,” he said.

“What it means to be a Catholic is a very important question and a question that anyone considering the ordinariate needs to be seeking answers to,” he insists.

“They become members of a Church which has the ministry of the successor of St Peter as its source of unity… unity for Catholics is central to their understanding of the Church.”

Meanwhile, much still needs to be clarified about the application of the Apostolic Constitution, says Mgr Faley.

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[JaMc]

It seems to work just fine for the Ukrainian Catholics, Maronites, Ruthenians, etc. Though, the correct term is “Rite,” not sect…

Of course, for whatever reason, the Church does not want to create an Anglican Rite, opting for the “personal ordinariate,” instead.

 

[Darryl1958]

I imagine the reasons for not wanting an Anglican rite are historic. The eastern rites were never directly answerable to the Bishop of rome and the Latin Rite. The Catholic Church of England on the other hand always was.

 

[Digitonomy]

It seems to work just fine for the Ukrainian Catholics, Maronites, Ruthenians, etc. Though, the correct term is “Rite,” not sect…

Of course, for whatever reason, the Church does not want to create an Anglican Rite, opting for the “personal ordinariate,” instead.

Well put. It’s a little unclear how they plan to integrate the Anglicans into Latin dioceses, when they will be answerable to their own ordinary rather than the local bishop. Of course, it’s also not clear how current Anglican use parishes will be transferred from the purview of their local bishop to the new Anglican ordinary.