[Magdalen] Those Who Stay/Depart

[Bob Rea]

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 01:56:17 PM Christopher Hart wrote:
> The recent discussion of the South Carolina case brings to mind some
> circumstances locally. Many of you may recall that I was at one time a
> member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Former
> rector David Moyer fought a legal battle with the bishop and diocese which
> the diocese eventually won. (I had left that parish before all this came to
> a head, having seen the writing on the wall many years earlier.)
> Moyer eventually led a fairly large contingent of the parish out of the
> Episcopal Church with the stated objective of joining the Anglican use
> Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. His own hope to be accepted as a
> priest in that body was ultimately foiled, but many or most of those who
> followed him have AFAIK been received into the RC church and worship at a
> functioning Ordinariate parish a few miles away. This seems like a
> legitimate choice if that's what their beliefs lead them to, but it
> involves a decision to accept an authority which is outside the Anglican
> experience. I wonder how those who make that decision mainly in order to
> preserve a traditionalist understanding of various issues would react
> should the holy mother church eventually become more open minded.

Our Holy Mother Church is the CofE. Rome is our Holy Maiden Aunt.

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