A look at the relationship between the Catholic and Anglican

The idea of full communion between the Catholic and Anglican Church has been at the forefront of ecumenical dialogue since the Second Vatican Council. The goal of this rapport is the future interchangeability of sacraments and ministers between the two Churches.

As the Anglican Church was born fruit of a schism and not for an heresy, despite they are different both Churches have much more in common than most people might think.

Ecumenical dialogue, though, was put forth for a reason. There are still three main points of contention between Catholics and Anglicans: the ordination of women as priests and bishops, moral issues and the role of the pope in the Church.

Reverend Bill Franklin says about 90% of the divisive issues that came out of the Reformation have been solved. Hes hopeful the other 10% will be too.

Rev. Bill Franklin
Associate Director, American Academy (Rome)
I think eventually they will be solved, I think, just as weve solved these other problems. But this work is a work of time. People have to be patient. Friendship is very important. Maintaining good human relations across the borders of the two Churches and not giving up too soon on this ecumenical hope.

Giving up on positive relations doesnt look like an option for either Church.

For now, the last chapter is the positive reaction from the Anglican primate to the popes decision to create personal ordinariates for welcoming Anglicans to the Catholic Church. Much more than a positive step forward in for future ecumenical dialogue between the two Churches.

RS

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[BiteHunter]

The reunification of the Anglican and Catholic churches is the most exciting thing I have been excited about since Pope JP II, Mother Theresa, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. God bless everyone!

[hitechee]

All Christians stop all the differences and understand that we all are one mystical body of Christ Jesus and so we should all unite irrespective of denominations as ONE body of Christ.

[MetallicThor]

@hitechee How funny that you can claim this. I mean understand that unity is good but the relaity is different. An Orthodox or Protestant would NEVER accept the authority or holiness of the pope. Catholics will NEVER make the pope obsolete, therefore no unity is possible, maybe in name only. What about the teachings of Arius? Could unity have existed at the council of Nicaea, of course not!

[ASignOfContradiction]

@hitechee Wrong. Unity means returning to the ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH.

[larrymovies]

@hitechee Christ's body is built by Him, not the will and wiles of men. His spirit alone is the life of the body, not ecumenical points of debate or world view. Who Jesus is, what He did, and by who's authority He did it. No one should ever build their hopes on a reunified visible church on earth. His church is one body even now. By what Christ has already done. All of us His saints walking on earth now and all of our other brothers and sisters watching as a cloud of witnesses.

[brughser1969]

@Nimo753 AMEN!

[Nimo753]

Rather die than having the Pope interfering in my Faith ...

[USAsoldier1955]

The Papists have only accepted tertiary motifs of the Protestant Catholic Reformation, they continue to reject the Five Solas.

[fisher2479]

@crazzac01 nearly convinced me , but im ok

[fisher2479]

Respond to this video... You are changing into Anglicanism ... go and find out!

[fisher2479]

@BlackPhantom559 Changing our way is our way , child molester - Promising God that youll live unmarried for the rest of your life , and found sexually abusing a child , You are in trouble in God`s way.

[NativeNewYorkGuy]

@BlackPhantom559 The Anglican Church has never been in any kind of trouble, how presumptuous and arrogant of you!