Now that the Archbishop of Canterbury has had several weeks to contemplate the ramifications of the Vatican's surprise announcement to ease the conversion of Anglicans to Catholicism, the question arises of how he really views this phenomenon.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, had no part whatsoever in the development of this plan, and was only given two weeks' notice of its announcement by the Vatican. Dr. Williams -- the most senior cleric in the Church of England -- recently said that joint statements made by the Anglican and Catholic churches since the 1960s showed a "strong convergence" in ideas about what the Christian Church is.
He admitted that there remain areas where the denominations differ -- such as the role of the Pope, the ordination of women, and same-sex marriages -- but claimed that these are not theological but "second order" issues.
The Archbishop said that the "unfinished business" between Catholicism and Anglicanism is not "as fundamentally church-dividing as our Roman Catholic friends generally assume and maintain."
What do you personally think of the Pope easing the procedure for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism? We would like an exchange of ideas, so please comment....
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