If you read Morning Prayer this morning in the Church of England you’ll have noticed that a portion of the Old Testament text for today was omitted from the official reading. Here for all to see is what we were asked to read.
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting [...]
The Bishops (below) have asked Peers to vote in favour of three amendments to the Equality Bill in place of the Government’s compromise amendment. Let me spell out what the different amendments (and the current text) mean.
The first amendment (98) reads as follows.
Page 165, line 5, leave out “application is a proportionate means of complying” [...]
An interesting motion is going to be discussed at next month’s General Synod. The motion reads as follows:
“That this Synod request the Archbishops’ Council and the Church of England Pensions Board to bring forward changes to the rules governing the clergy pension scheme in order to go beyond the requirements of the Civil Partnership Act [...]
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Simon Sarmiento at Thinking Anglicans has highlighted the fact that the Government has tabled in the Lords an amendment to the Equality Bill which would essentially cave into the position held by the Church of England that churches must be free to employ key workers in line with orthodox doctrine.
The amendment would change the wording [...]
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A very interesting piece in this weekend’s Church of England Newspaper (online at Anglican Mainstream).
By Adrian Hall, CEN
THE GOVERNMENT’S Equality Bill fails to take sufficient account of religion and instead sees society as “a collection of individuals,” the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds has warned.
Bishop John Packer said the legislation, which aims to bring together [...]
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The last paragraph of the recently published “Manhattan Declaration” makes for interesting reading.
Because we honor justice and the common good, we will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to participate in abortions, embryodestructive research, assisted suicide and euthanasia, or any other antilife act; nor will we bend to any rule [...]
In the middle of a sometimes heated debate over on the Fulcrum Forum, commenter Ken Petrie has written an absolutely brilliant piece on the complexities of this issue. Enjoy!
As I see it, there are several aspects to the problem: social, psychological, biological, and theological being the four I find obvious.
Socially and sociologically, we live in [...]
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A very interesting statement from the soon to retire Bishop Tom Butler of Southwark popped up yesterday. Bishop Tom addressed the issue of whether parishes who took up the Pope’s offer might be able to walk away lock, stock and barrel with the church keys.
Here’s what Tom said:
He said, ‘… the papal initiative of a [...]
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Yup, we now have the full text and if you’re so inclined you can read it all here.
Here’s the interesting bit as far as I’m concerned.
1.5 The Catechism of the Catholic Church is the authoritative expression of the Catholic faith professed by members of the Ordinariate.
There you have it. This little line means [...]
You might not be aware, but there is a fantastic network called Awesome which connects ordained Evangelical Anglican women across the Church of England, whether they are priests or permanent deacons. Rosie Ward of CPAS has just blogged that their membership has risen to 100.
The name Awesome is an acronymn for ‘Anglican Women Evangelicals: Supporting [...]
