DDF outlines characteristics of the Anglican heritage in ordinariates (Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith)

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published a document listing the characteristics of the Anglican patrimony preserved in the Church’s ordinariates for former Anglicans.

The characteristics, developed in conversation with the bishops who govern the three ordinariates, include

  • A Distinctive “Ecclesial Ethos”
  • Evangelization Through Beauty
  • Direct Outreach to the Poor
  • Pastoral Culture
  • The Family and the Domestic Church
  • Scripture and Preaching
  • Spiritual Direction and the Sacrament of Penance

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