{"id":1826,"date":"2009-11-30T12:10:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T12:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2009\/11\/scholars-debate-vatican-outrea.php"},"modified":"2009-11-30T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T12:10:08","slug":"scholars-debate-vatican-outrea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2009\/11\/scholars-debate-vatican-outrea","title":{"rendered":"Scholars Debate Vatican Outreach to Anglicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vatican has offered Anglicans a chance to return to the Catholic church.&nbsp; Simon Constable speaks with three eminent scholars about the offer to bury the hatchet after a half-millennium.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video:<\/p>\n<p><embed name=\"flashPlayer\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" src=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/main.swf\" width=\"512\" height=\"363\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" swliveconnect=\"true\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" base=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/media\/swf\/\" flashvars=\"videoGUID={6CC83204-7149-4A39-87A9-65C33FFC1F7F}&amp;playerid=1000&amp;plyMediaEnabled=1&amp;configURL=http:\/\/wsj.vo.llnwd.net\/o28\/players\/&amp;autoStart=false\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Video courtesy of our partners at the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The featured scholars are Thomas Reese of Georgetown University Woostock Theological Center, Princeton University Religion Professor Elaine Pagels and Former Episcopal Bishop of Newark John Shelby Spong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vatican has offered Anglicans a chance to return to the Catholic church.&nbsp; Simon Constable speaks with three eminent scholars about the offer to bury the hatchet after a half-millennium. 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