Albion, SpiritualAntiseptic,
Any of you is part of TAC?
Right. All I have on my side is what the Vatican's position is.
And you have...what?
No, but I am an Anglican and very familiar with Anglican Use.
of course, they want to be in communion with Rome, they want to be Catholic, this is what the Church believes, historicly this is what the CHurch in England believed before schism removed most of the english from the visible Churcht should also be noted that it is the "use" that is the only thing that amounts to being even partially "Anglican." All the doctrines that are official and expected of members are of course Roman Catholic. There is no equivocation on such matters as Purgatory, the Assumption of Mary, the Infallibility of the Pope, Transubstantiation, Indulgences, etc.
Albion
of course, they want to be in communion with Rome, they want to be Catholic, this is what the Church believes
you might be able to keep your traditions of style of litergy but you will adopt all the Traditions and Dogmas of the Church,
Since the Catholic Churcgyh does not recognize the ordination of the anglican priests would they all have to be ordained to be priests in the Catholic Church? I would hope so
PORTSMOUTH, UK: Traditional Anglican Communion Seeks Full Union With Rome
Statement authorized by the TAC Primate
16th October 2007
"The College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) met in Plenary Session in Portsmouth, England, in the first week of October 2007. The Bishops and Vicars-General unanimously agreed to the text of a letter to the See of Rome seeking full, corporate, sacramental union. The letter was signed solemnly by all the College and en-trusted to the Primate and two bishops chosen by the College to be presented to the Holy See.
The letter was cordially received at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Primate of the TAC has agreed that no member of the College will give interviews until the Holy See has considered the letter and responded."
+ John Hepworth
Primate TAC
From the Catholic Herald, UK today.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/news_1.html
. . . Fr Peter Geldard, Catholic chaplain at the University of Kent and a former Anglican priest, has been consulted on the subject by both the TAC and the Vatican.
He spoke several times with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger who he said was very concerned about how to resolve the situation.
[Benedict XVI] is very knowledgeable on this whole area and has taken it very seriously, he said.
Fr Geldard stressed that the arrangement to preserve some of the TACs Anglican identity should be made so that it can be applied to other rebel groups, as well as potential converts from the official Anglican Communion.
Fr Geldard also raised the possibility that the Vatican might appoint a Rome-based prelature with authority over the group around the world.
Also, see the editorial: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/features_opinion/features_4.html