Fake lectors and acolytes are just pawns to destroy/weaken the priesthood. By usurping the minor orders they are aiming for the major orders, where we already have a problem with Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion. Once you have people entering the Temple sanctuary and pretending to be Alter Christus (I'm talking about those who distribute the Eucharist, which we are to receive from Christ Himself, through His priest who is Alter Christus / in persona Christi), then the logical next step is the one who sits in the Temple and pretends to be God.

This is definitely a step toward priestesses, and anyone who denies this is lying, or stupid. First of all, this is the logical progression from suppression of the Minor Orders, with creation of lay “ministries.” From the beginning, the idea of lay ministries was resisted, with the bad compromise of only officially installing seminarians into the ministries (in most places), while allowing any lay person, male or female, to act as lectors, or extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, without any official installation. In 1994, this was extended, officially, to allowing females to serve at the altar, after being tolerated, seemingly, contra legem, for many years, by reinterpreting the law. It will be a matter of years, rather than decades, before the next logical step in this progression happens, and perhaps sooner, if the rumors about the “deaconette” commission are true. My question is, will we accept when “conservative” bishops try to convince us to be like the very few conservative Anglicans who have remained in visible unity with Canterbury? I hope there will be a few courageous ones, but, I’m not convinced there will be.