Anglicanism

==Ordinariates within the Roman Catholic Church==
On 4 November 2009, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] issued an [[apostolic constitution]], ''[[Anglicanorum Coetibus]]'', to allow groups of former Anglicans to enter into [[full communion]] with the [[Roman Catholic Church]] as members of [[personal ordinariate]]s.{{sfn|Miller|2011}} 20 October 2009 announcement of the imminent constitution mentioned:

{{blockquote|Today's announcement of the Apostolic Constitution is a response by Pope Benedict XVI to a number of requests over the past few years to the Holy See from groups of Anglicans who wish to enter into full visible communion with the Roman Catholic Church, and are willing to declare that they share a common Catholic faith and accept the Petrine ministry as willed by Christ for his Church.}}

Pope Benedict XVI approved, within the apostolic constitution, a canonical structure that provides for personal ordinariates which will allow former Anglicans to enter full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving elements of distinctive Anglican spiritual patrimony.

For each personal ordinariate, the [[Ordinary (officer)|ordinary]] may be a former Anglican bishop or priest. It was expected that provision would be made to allow the [[Anglican Use|retention of aspects of Anglican liturgy]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/20/roman-catholic-church-receives-anglicans | access-date = 20 October 2009 | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Roman Catholic Church to Receive Anglicans | first1=Riazat | last1=Butt | first2=John | last2=Hooper | author2-link=John Hooper (journalist) | date=20 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091022090920/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/20/roman-catholic-church-receives-anglicans| archive-date= 22 October 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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