EXCEPRT: This question of theological ambiguity came up again recently in a different context, whilst preparing Divine Worship: Daily Office (Commonwealth Edition). This is the new office book for the ordinariates for former Anglicans in Britain and Australia, drawing heavily on the prayer book texts. Those responsible for this work had a choice to face: should the familiar language of the English prayer book be retained, or, given these ambiguities, should it be replaced? Would the inclusion of these phrases imply the ‘canonization’ of questionable theological views, or even introduce the kind of ambiguity that I have outlined, and so risk undermining the wider integrity of the deposit of faith which the Catholic Church proposes and holds?

Evensong for the 20th Sunday after Trinity at the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter's Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston, Texas.

EXCERPT: "This is without doubt one of the most politically and theologically significant changes of allegiance in the Christian world for some time. There have been a number of high-profile conversions including a former Bishop of London. So why should that of Michael be so nuclear in ecclesiastical and political life? The answer is that he formed the centre of a nucleus of evangelical resistance to the slippage in the secular progressive accommodation embarked on by the Anglican Church."

Ordinariate communities can take advantage of John Wesley’s insights into forming disciples of Jesus Christ through setting up Bible studies, which can build intentional Christian community around discipleship. Here's how.

The Durandus Institute Executive Director reflects on the journey to the first Ordinariate Mass in NYC, how it all came together, and what the future holds.