Anglicans get women bishops plan
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A Church of A report suggests a group of male bishops – so called “flying bishops” The working party of bishops given the task of finding a way to ordain Its chairman, the Bishop of Guildford Christopher Hill, modestly The deep divisions in the Church over sexuality have already stretched Argument ‘settled’ The last thing it needs is another protracted dispute about an issue as One is that at the most basic level the argument was settled more than Some 480 traditionalist clergy left the Church of England, mostly for The other saving grace is that the split over women bishops (and women
One of the most destructive elements of the divisions over sexuality is The minority that now opposes women bishops is centred on In addition to that, some of those keenest to see women in the None of this means the dispute will be easy to defuse. Messy compromise The Guildford Committee considered three options, the most progressive Then there was the demand by many traditionalists for their own Finally there was the messy compromise, “an honest acknowledgement”, as
It is likely that few will be truly happy with the compromise. There is evidence from inside the House of Bishops’ meeting last week, But the greater opposition is likely to come from traditionalists with Some insist – as they did when women were ordained as priests – that They also point to the long tradition of the chain of episcopal Second exodus? They argue that if the Church of England decides “unilaterally” to They maintain that only a separate “third province” would ensure that They seem unlikely to get that autonomy, so there might be a second If they do, there won’t be the generous financial provisions that were A new mood is discernible, one that says it cost too much to provide |
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