Article by Fr. John Macquarrie on the Catholicity of the Anglican tradition
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No doubt all Christians participate, in greater or less degree, in Catholicity. They have all maintained something of the classic form. Vatican II recognized that Anglicans had done this in a quite distinct way, and we are glad to have this recognition from our Roman brethren—it is a tremendous step forward from the old “all or nothing” position of 1896—and I shall have something to say about this later. But if we are to take this change of attitude seriously, then I must insist on changing the form of the question which stands at the head of this article. Because both Romans and Anglicans (as well as some others) have been true to the classical shape of Catholic Christianity, the question for us is not, “What still separates us from the Catholic Church” but hat still separates Anglicans and Romans within the Catholic Church to which they both so visibly and manifestly belong?”
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