Can I attend an Episcopalian service?

[GKC]

Deleted. Unnecessary and inaccurate post.

GKC

 

[Contarini]

Person accused of inaccuracy. Not the same as guilty.

To be guilty of inaccuracy, you would have meant to imply that Anglicans raised the issue, seeking to gain official RC recognition of their orders, which, in time (like, two years later, after Portal trailed his coat in an article published in La Science Catholique), resulted in the issuing of Apostolicae Curae..

Nope. See Hughes’ ABSOLUTELY NULL AND UTTERLY VOID, pp. 34-36. The question of Anglican orders was suggested by the Abbe Portal, against Viscount Halifax’s objections, as a suitable subject to engage the two Churches in technical discussions. The aim was the establishment of what would have been a form of early Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, aimed at eventually approaching a corporate reunion. Of course, the idea of a joint forum for a discussion really never was in the cards.

As Hughes said, Anglicans generally had no doubts on the matter. Nor were they looking for validation from Rome. Since this was all a reaction to the movement begun by Portal and Halifax, it was intended to be a means of starting a joint discussion. IOW, it was hoped to come, and reason together, on a much wider agenda.

GKC

Thanks!

 

[GKC]

Thanks!

You are very welcome.

You likely have noticed that when I discuss this subject, I often refer to it as sad and complicated, and make reference to its theological, historical, political, and personality-related components. It is, as all history is, complex. Resembles somewhat, in miniature, Henry’s Great Matter. Hughes’ first book stands alone in the depth of its treatment of the history. I always recommend it.

GKC