What are Anglican holy orders?

Holy Orders are one of the seven sacraments of the Church, though Anglicanism generally gives them a lesser status than the two “Sacraments of the Gospel”, the Eucharist and baptism. Holy Orders, also called ordination, is the sacrament that makes someone a member of the clergy, also called a “minister”. read more

To reduce doubt concerning Anglican apostolic succession, especially since the 1930 Bonn agreement between the Anglican and Old Catholic churches, some Anglican bishops have included among their consecrators bishops of the Old Catholic Church, whose holy orders are recognised as valid and regular by the Roman Catholic Church. read more

The Validity of Anglican Holy Orders Posted on January 20, 2011 by canonlawmadeeasy Q: Everyone says that in the near future lots of Episcopalians, including some of their clergy, are going to become Catholics. read more

Anglican Holy Orders are recognized by other churches with which Anglicans are in full communion, such as the Old Catholics in Europe, the Independent Philippine Church, the Syrian Mar Thoma Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Lutheran churches of the Porvoo Communion in Scandinavia. read more