Edward Norman Joins Ordinariate — by Father Bartus on

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The Rev'd Dr. Edward Norman , who was set to become Catholic in 2004 but declined to make the move, is one of the greatest living churc...

Coming to a Point — by Father Bartus on

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by Charles A. Coulombe On my desk is an old Anglo-Catholic Prayerbook , published sometime in the 1920s by the Church Literature Associa...

Where is The Church to be found? — by Sean W. Reed on

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J.M.J. As we move forward in our various parishes which will be part of the initial wave of those entering the Personal Ordinariate of the...

Bishop of London on Anglicans, the new translation, and the Ordinariate — by Father Bartus on

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In the new context of the erection of the Personal Ordinariates for the corporate reunion of Anglicans with the Holy See, and with the new t...

"It's Hardly A Church" — by Father Bartus on

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The political sketch writer, Quentin Letts, said in last Sunday's Religious News podcast, that, "Westminster Abbey is but sixty p...

New Ecclesiology or Old Confusion? — by Father Bartus on

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There's been floating around for some time now some notion that Anglicanorum Coetibus presents some kind of new ecclesiology. This conf...

Collegiality — by Father Bartus on

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"It's not so much funny as sad. It is always upsetting when Christians of whatever tradition consider it better to discover or inve...

More Branch Theory — by Father Bartus on

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1 Timothy 1:17 - taken out context A while back I was asked, "What is wrong with the Branch Theory?", strangely by a person who ...

With Whom Are We In Communion — by Father Bartus on

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Clarifying Options For Anglo-Catholics by Bishop Peter J. Elliott The Holy Father’s offer of the Ordinariate will take concrete form in 20...

Anglicans, Unity and the Great Commission — by Father Bartus on

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"Well, I am not quite sure what the Apostolic Constitution has to do with the Great Commission..." So wrote Bishop Brian Marsh o...

Dispensing With the Branch Theory — by Father Bartus on

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With all the hiccups, mistranslations and confusion surrounding the three bishops in the ACA who've chosen not to accept Anglicanorum Co...

SSPX and Anglican Similarities — by Father Bartus on

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Mention has already been made about the similarity between past comments made by some Branch-Theory Anglicans who wanted reunion with Rome o...

Patrimonial Papacy — by Father Bartus on

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by Fr John Hunwicke, SSC Recently, a fashionable Orthodox hierarch, commenting on the dialogue between Rome and the Orthodox Churches, exp...

An Anglican Future in the Catholic Church — by Father Bartus on

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by Fr. Aidan Nichols OP It is easier for the Church of England to become Catholic than for the Church of Rome in England to become English...

What Is This "Personal Ordinariate"? — by Father Bartus on

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Understanding Pope Benedict's Offer to Traditional Anglicans by Bishop Peter J. Elliott Auxillary Bishop, Melbourne Anglicans can no lon...