Update on the Traditional Anglican Church

An update of a post on the TAC I made awhile back.

"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 23, 2005
Contact: Office of the Bishop, 207-828-2012
Rt. Rev. George D. Langberg, Bishop

TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN CHURCH BISHOPS ENDORSE EFFORTS TO SEEK INTER-COMMUNION WITH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

The Archbishop of the Traditional Anglican Communion and primate of the largest conservative Anglican Church in the World has received an endorsement from the U.S. and Central American Church bodies meeting in Portland Maine this week to begin developing a plan for inter-communion and unity with Rome. The Most Reverend John Hepworth, the highest-ranking cleric in the Traditional Anglican Church, attended the meeting of the General Synod of the Churches during the week of September 20-24. The Church bodies gave him an endorsement of his efforts to re-establish formal unity with the Holy See in Rome. He has led efforts on behalf of the Church to reestablish unity with the Roman Catholic Church with whom he has had discussions for the last several years. He has also made an effort to establish communion with European Lutherans seeking similar common ground with Rome. "We have no doctrinal differences with Rome" said the Archbishop in a recent interview. " The climate is brewing for the Traditional Anglican Communion to be the 27th ecclesial group accepted into communion with Rome and the first church touched by the Reformation to do so. "My broad vision is to see the end of the Reformation of the 16th century. Archbishop Hepworth said if Christians truly believe in the notion of an undivided Church, they ought to discover what it takes to find unity with both East and West and "be liberated from everything that stops it." The General Synod of the Anglican Church in America, including the Archbishop of Central America, endorsed the efforts of the Primate today in a strong vote of support. The Worldwide Traditional Anglican Communion will now begin the preparation of a formal plan to present to the Vatican next year outlining how inter-communion and unity may be accomplished. The two churches have similar theological beliefs. The American Church was the last of the jurisdictions to endorse the efforts of the Primate due to timing of their National Synod. The Traditional Anglican Communion has members in 44 countries around the world.