Orthodox And Anglican Priests

[CreepyCrawler]

I have two questions, one stemming from the question about anglican eucharist.

1). In the answer given about Anglican eucharist, it was said that though they believe they receive the body and blood, they don't really. Why not? Is this true for Orthodox, too?

2). Since the Anglican church used to be Catholic and their bishops were Catholic bishops before the big split, are priests in the Anglican church considered 'valid' (I don't know the proper word) priests like Orthodox priests are since they have apostolic succession, even if it's kind of rebellious succession (I'm not talking about the female priests, either), why or why not?

Thanks.

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
5/26 - St. Philip Neri

CreepyCrawler,

Good questions. Here's what I know:

1.) This covers part of your second question; the Anglicans do not really receive Our Lord because they have no priesthood. However, the Orthodox do retain apostolic succession and have valid Liturgies; therefore, they do receive Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.

2.) The Anglicans no longer have valid orders. This is because back in either the late 18th or the early 19th century (I think; please correct the date if I'm wrong) they changed the Rite of Ordination to include the name of the King without the approval of Rome. Pope Leo XIII issued a statement that said that the change thus instituted made the passage of Anglican orders invalid; since there were no Anglican bishops who were validly ordained at that time, they couldn't change the rite to validate ordinations. Therefore, Anglicans have no valid orders. However, the Orthodox do. Hope this helps.

Yours,
Pio Nono