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Almighty God,
by whose providence your servant John the Baptist
was wonderfully born,
and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Saviour
by the preaching of repentance:
lead us to repent according to his preaching
and, after his example,
constantly to speak the truth, boldly to rebuke [...]
Giles Fraser in this morning’s "Thought for the Day" completely misses the main theology behind the BCP Marriage Service, and in doing so comes to the wrong conclusion.
Back in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as the Book of Common Prayer was being put together, marriage was said to be for three purposes:
First, It was ordained [...]
Two new studies on the origins of sexual orientation have been released in the past few days. The first is a twin study for which the abstract is as follows:
There is still uncertainty about the relative importance of genes and environments on human sexual orientation. One reason is that previous studies employed self-selected, opportunistic, or [...]
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In deference to those who don’t want the joys of the next few episodes ruined right now, click the "Continue Reading" link to see who the Doctor’s up against.
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Here’s the letter the Bishop of London sent to all London clergy, readers, church wardens and church wardens’ dachshunds today.
18th June 2008
Dear Friends,
Many of you will have seen the publicity over the weekend around the service which was held at St Bartholomew the Great on May 31st. I attach a letter I have [...]
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What if things turned out differently?
And you thought last year’s closing three parter was good? You ain’t seen nothing yet…
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When not dissecting gay liturgies, this is still the other obsession of my life.
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In my previous two posts I have examined the liturgy of the London Gay Union, showing that it is to all intents and purposes a mirror of the BCP Marriage Service, and looked at the theology of the liturgy and how it affects the doctrine of marriage of the Church of England. I now want [...]
In my previous post I laid out the liturgy used in the gay wedding of two Church of England priests and compared it to the actual text of the BCP marriage service. In doing so I demonstrated that the argument that the service was not intended to mimic the BCP marriage service and therefore to [...]
This is the first of a series of post looking at the news this morning that a London Anglican Clergyman "married" two other male priests in a ceremony that mimicked marriage.
This post looks at the liturgy used in that service and compares it to a BCP marriage service to show that the explanation that this [...]
Here’s James Parker, with whom I’ve shared a speaking platform, speaking on how his homosexuality was transformed. Press the play button below.
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The early indications from Ireland are fantastic. The citizens of the Republic look set to reject the Lisbon Treaty by a margin of 10%.
RTE has streaming coverage here with a full results map here.
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Spending the day in Harlow working on a Council by-Election, trying to take a ward that has always been Labour. If you’re a Conservative member we could always do with your help for the knock-up after 5pm. If you want to come and help, give us a ring on 01279 429251.
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