The bishops of the Church of England recently produced a plan in the hope of passing legislation to be able to ordain women bishops by 2015. This follows the defeat of legislation attempting to authorise this move in the CofE’s General Synod six months ago. I last wrote about this in November last year. There
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This is the decision-making flow chart for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia on whether to bless committed same-sex couples, and allow for clergy that are in such a relationship. To place this flow chart in context, it is important to compare it with the flow chart for other significant decisions. So
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I wrote recently about the danger of using ordination to devalue lay ministry. There has just been an extremely high-profile example of ordination-as-reward. Georg Gänswein is the well-known, photogenic Principal Private Secretary to the Pope. In January the pope episcopally ordained (consecrated) him and made him an archbishop. Often the Vatican makes such people the
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A question caught my eye on another site. People have been debating for days there whether women can be ordained. In one comment my blogging Kiwi colleague, Peter Carrell asked “do you think that by being ordained we have unwittingly demeaned lay brothers in ministry?” Go to his site if you want to join in
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10. A man’s place is in the army. 9. The pastoral duties of men who have children might distract them from the responsibility of being a parent. 8. The physique of men indicates that they are more suited to such tasks as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It would be “unnatural” for them
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Definition of COMMNON noun (pronunciation kəˈm nən) A partial communion. An imperfect communion. A broken communion. A clayton’s communion. A commnon is what you have if you don’t have a communion. American spelling: comnon (as much non as com) The term was first used by Rev. Bosco Peters in 2012 Some think the Anglican Communion
UPDATE: CofE’s General Synod vote on women bishops was lost. Votes for the measure were: House of Bishops: 44 in favour; 3 against; 2 abstain House of Clergy: 148 in favour; 45 against; 0 abstain House of Laity: 132 in favour; 74 against; 0 abstain It needs 2/3 majority in all houses. The Church of
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There are many lessons that we as church, we as Christians, can learn from the USA elections. I’ll put some here, in no particular order, and you can add your own insights in the comments. I’m not going to let comments degenerate into polarising, adversarial heat. On Twitter if I even mentioned Obama, I received
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