Jimmy Akin was asked the question, on his latest podcast, what are former Anglicans in the forthcoming Ordinariate to be called? This is a good question to figure out, especially if we have another Ordinariate formed for members of SSPX. Jimmy rightly points out that there are other Anglicans outside full communion with the Holy See who identify themselves as "Anglican Catholics" so continuing that name, while certainly more true for those within the Ordinariate than those who are not in communion with Rome, only further confuses things. So "Anglican Catholic" and "Ordinariate Catholic" are terms which have little to no permanence for us. What then shall we be called? To read more, click here.
How about Roman Catholics?
2 comments:
Of course Anglican derives from Ecclesia Anglicana, the Latin words for English Church. Historically the Church of the English was in full communion with the Holy See.this continued for 900years prior to the 16th century.
However the Catholic Church in the British isles pre-dates the arrival of the Germanic invaders. Although disrupted by the Germanic invasians , the Catholic Church sent bishops to Church councils and was in full communion with Rome.
However I agree with you, members of the Ordinariate are Catholics, who will use a modern fabricated liturgy, made out of Cranmerian fragments and the Sarum Missal.
No more authentically Anglican than the Methodist service Book.
What to call us?
Romans, you can't be an Anglican and reject everything Anglicanism stands for.
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