For year’s we’ve been hearing about conservative Anglicans being very burned out on the general move towards ignoring Biblical basics in their Anglican Communion of 77 million adherents.
Large blocs of Anglicans have considered entry into the Catholic Church, and Pope Benedict is clearing the way for this. Involved are such details as married clergy. Seems that married priests will continue to be allowed to convert and remain in their function, but married Bishops would have to step down a notch for admission.
Two large groups considering “assimilation” are the Tradidional Anglican Communion in Australia, (which had petitioned for consideration in 2007, and the Anglo-Catholic wing of the U.S. Episcopal Church, which might be swayed by the arrangement offered by the Vatican.
