Catholic-Anglican ties strained, cardinal warns Lambeth

[Dale_M]

I find it interesting that Cardinal Kasper was asked “what kind of Anglicanism do you [the Vatican] want.”

The key goal for the Anglican communion, as for any Christian body, is to be faithful to Jesus Christ, the cardinal said. He emphasized that the contentious issues facing the Lambeth Conference should be judged in terms of “faithfulness to the apostolic tradition and apostolic succession.” Ultimately, he said, “What we are talking about is nothing other than faithfulness to Christ Himself.” He ended his speech by calling upon Anglican leaders to have “a fresh recourse to the Apostolic Tradition” as the solution to their current disputes.

The Catholic Church, Cardinal Kasper continued, is bound to uphold the moral teachings of the Gospel and the unbroken Christian tradition. On the issues that have torn the worldwide Anglican communion, he observed, the Catholic Church continues to teach that “homosexuality activity is disordered” and that the all-male priesthood is "not only a disciplinary position but an expression of our faithfulness to Jesus Christ. " With pointed emphasis the cardinal added: “The Catholic Church finds herself bound by the will of Jesus Christ and does not feel free to establish a new tradition alien to the tradition of the Church of all ages.”

In breaking with the apostolic tradition on these issues, the cardinal pointed out, the Anglican communion is moving away from not only the Catholic Church but also the Orthodox churches. More and more, he said, the Anglican stance appears to resemble that of the Protestant churches born of the Reformation, rather than a branch of the older Christian tradition.

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[piperspop]

Just a reminder, because there seem to be so many Anglican groups, Cardinal Kasper was speaking of the Anglican Communion (Episcopal in the USA), NOT of the TRADITIONAL Anglican Communion, which has applied for Corporate Reunion with the Holy See.

 

[KathleenElsie]

To anyone more knowledgeable then I am (not hard to be I know I don’t know much about the Anglican communities). How many communities are there?

 

[colliric]

Just a reminder, because there seem to be so many Anglican groups, Cardinal Kasper was speaking of the Anglican Communion (Episcopal in the USA), NOT of the TRADITIONAL Anglican Communion, which has applied for Corporate Reunion with the Holy See.

This is great news…

So Hopefully(I believe Rome will make the right decision on this and figure out some way of returning them!) the Lutherians up near St Patricks will be all by themselves looking at one Gigantic Catholic Cathedral and a big Crucifix(Biggest in my City, and it’s not a RC one… yet!) on the grounds of St Peter’s “Anglo-Catholic” Catholic Church on the opposite corner of the intersection facing it?

Sorry to sound so happy, but this is really interesting times for the Church over here…

 

[Chellow]

To anyone more knowledgeable then I am (not hard to be I know I don’t know much about the Anglican communities). How many communities are there?

You have three groups with in the Anglican Communion which are in Communion with Canterbury. The liberal wing which permit Woman priests gay unions and actively gay priests and bishops, the second group is the evangelical wing that is protestant in nature. The third wing are the Anglo-Catholics which is said to be more Catholic then the Pope. The Anglo-Catholic wing is are the members looking to Rome.
Then you also have The Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) that is not in union with any of the above that has sent an official request for corporate communion with [Rome.

http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4226&It](http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4226&Itemid=48)emid=48
telospress.com/main/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=262
fwepiscopal.org/bishop/sf071108.html
themessenger.com.au/Video/20070329.htm
themessenger.com.au/

 

[KathleenElsie]

You have three groups with in the Anglican Communion which are in Communion with Canterbury. The liberal wing which permit Woman priests gay unions and actively gay priests and bishops, the second group is the evangelical wing that is protestant in nature. The third wing are the Anglo-Catholics which is said to be more Catholic then the Pope. The Anglo-Catholic wing is are the members looking to Rome.
Then you also have The Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) that is not in union with any of the above that has sent an official request for corporate communion with [Rome.

http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4226&It](http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4226&Itemid=48)emid=48
telospress.com/main/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=262
fwepiscopal.org/bishop/sf071108.html
themessenger.com.au/Video/20070329.htm
themessenger.com.au/

Thank you for the information.