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What with Jeffrey John and the colour purple becoming news again, I thought that some might like to see the original "Bishop of Reading" website again.
Here’s what it was all about:
The Bishop of Reading News Page was originally set up by myself, an ordinand in the Church of England and living in Oxford Diocese, after [...]
Adrian the Pluralist has responded to my piece on Jeffrey John, writing the following:
I have been asked to speculate on what will happen regarding Anglican politics should Jeffrey John become Bishop of Bangor.
The first important point, as stated by Peter Ould, is that there will be much hedging about his appointment, in that he has [...]
Last month, against a huge backlash from the GLBT lobby, I supported the right of Iris Robinson, wife of the First Minister of Northern Ireland to make certain remarks about homosexuality. At the time I wrote the following:
This is the problem that is now facing Christians. If we continue to hold to our antiquated views, [...]
Continue reading about Iris Robinson says one thing too far…
Yours truly said yes. Apparently, I’m wrong as Conger neatly pointed out a while back.
A press officer confirmed on May 2 that Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams had not issued Bishop Robinson a license to officiate in the Province of Canterbury. However, Church of England canon law does not grant the archbishop the authority to [...]
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Ahh yes….
So I’ve been plagued for a few days by emails asking me what I think about GAFCON, the latest nonsense from the Church of England General Synod and other such what not. I’ve been sitting on my hands for a few days on all of this because I wanted to make sure that what [...]
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You may have noticeed a piece produced on behalf of Inclusive Church that emerged onto the web a few days ago, arguing that current guidelines would permit a service of thanksgiving, including a blessing, for a civil partnership. You can read the piece here.
The thrust of the argument is that the current service for a [...]
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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 [...]
Continue reading about Richard Chartres plays very hard ball indeed
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 [...]
Wow.
Who’d have thought it? A Church of England report says that Labour have effectively discriminated against Christianity and that in comparison, David Cameron’s Conservatives have a "genuine thirst to understand and combat poverty". More than this,
"Despite many voices in the Church telling us, ‘there is no difference between any of the [...]
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Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi has responded to the allegations of assaults on Changing Attitude Nigeria leaders and the insinuations that somehow the Church of Nigeria was involved. Here are the important excerpts - read them carefully because his Grace understands what the core of the issue is:
We are saddened and worried that some Churches and Christians [...]
If they’d followed the canons properly, this wouldn’t be happening would it?
Published in The Church of England Newspaper’s Religious Intelligence section.
Lawyers for the octogenarian bishop deposed by the American Church have written to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori charging her with defaming their client.
Questions over the legality of the March 12 proceedings have riled the [...]
Eddie Izzard nails it. Via Ruth, but posted by Joanna.
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Good to read this morning that Tom Wright, the Bishop of Durham, used his Easter sermon to attack the Government’s new obscene Bill on embryology and fertility.
In his Easter Sunday message, given at Durham Cathedral, Rt Rev Tom Wright issued a rallying call to all faiths to object to the "1984-style" proposals.
He accused ministers [...]
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