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Anglican head rejects Pope’s offer on priests
Anglican Church of Kenya Archbishop Eliud Wabukhala (centre) said any Anglican priest intending to cross over to the Catholic Church must understand these differences beforehand. Photo/FILE
Kenya's Anglican Church on Wednesday rejected an offer by Pope Benedict that would have seen married Anglican priests join priesthood in the Catholic Church.
The action by the Anglican clergy potentially puts it in conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who had responded to the offer through a letter copied to all provinces worldwide.
“I do not see why it is necessary at this point in history,” ACK Archbishop Eliud Wabukala told the Nation.
Differences
“The Archbishop of Canterbury sent us letters welcoming the offer but for him, it is essentially to deal with the local England context and does not apply to other provinces,” he added.
Archbishop Wabukala said there were major differences on how Catholics and Anglicans, whom he described as more evangelicals, understand the ministry and sacrament, which he said have to be harmonised before any formal reunion.
Any Anglican priest intending to cross over to the Catholic Church must understand these differences beforehand, he said.
“There are theological differences, for instance, the way we understand the ministry and administration of sacrament are quite different,” he added.
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There is only one God. And the way to reach his everlasting Kingdom is through Jesus Christ.We are one if we follow this doctrine as stated in the holy book; it doesn't matter to which denomination one belongs.If the word is to be preached from the bible to all, so be it.
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some people take matters so lightly unto the fact that they want to dilute the catholic church only for their self intrests and please people. that is an abomination to our christian faith and nobody is gong to allow that to happen, not now not anytime soon, not even God himself
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Uhm, and praying to dead people called Jesus seems to me to be pagan! Jesus himself was not a christian - he was jewish. Why do Africans fight over these foreign religions that were used to enslave and colonize us? I will never understand!
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