PopeWatch: ACNA

13 October AD 2014
Donald R. McClarey

Well, this is interesting:

Pope Francis has signalled his blessing to the breakaway traditionalist American church at the centre of the split which has divided the 80 million strong worldwide Anglican Communion over the issue of sexuality.

He sent a message offering his “prayers and support” to Archbishop Foley Beach, the new leader of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), the conservative movement which broke away from The Episcopal Church after the ordination of the first openly gay bishop.

His message underlines the pressure facing the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, as he attempts to avert a formal schism in worldwide Anglicanism.

ACNA sees itself as the true Anglican church in the US, Canada and Mexico and believes that The Episcopal Church has abandoned the teaching of the Bible by embracing liberal stances on issues such as homosexuality.

Go here to read the rest. Just when Popewatch thinks he has figured Pope Francis out, he does the unexpected.

Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.

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Paul W Primavera

Monday, October 13, AD 2014 10:33am

Good post. The ACNA states that it adheres to the Anglican 39 Articles of Religion. Some are good. Some are not. Examples follow:
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Article VI which denies the inspiration of the Deuterocanonicals.
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Article XIX which states that the Church of Rome has erred in matters of Faith.

Article XXII which denies Purgatory
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Article XXV which denies 5 of the 7 Sacraments
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Article XXVIII which denies Transubstantiation
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I admire the ACN, OAC and other breakaway Anglicans for adhering to Tradition, but they need to return to Rome, hence Anglicanorum Coetibus.