Church of England – Page 18 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Stirrings in Salisbury

Peter Ould Feb 25, 2012 Tagged with Appropriateness, Archdeacon, Authority Of Scripture, Bbc Radio 4, Bullet Points, Civil Partnerships, Constructive Response, Contentious Issues, Covenantal Relationships, Diocesan Synod, Ecumenical Relationships, Honest Conversation, Immutability, Interesting News, Pastoral Care, Salisbury Diocese, Same Sex Relationships, Scriptural References, Scripture And Tradition, Stirrings

An interesting news item posted on the Salisbury Diocese website together with the content of Bishop …

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Church of England, Sexuality

Human Sexuality Group invites Submissions

Peter Ould Feb 23, 2012 Tagged with Abundance, Central Secretariat, Centre News, Church House, Church of England, Conference Resolution, Consultation Document, House Of Bishops, Human Sexuality, Interested Parties, Lambeth Conference, Listening Process, London Sw1p, Nbsp, Oral Evidence, Proposals, Secretariat, Sir Joseph, Smith Street, Street London, Working Group

The game is on! The group chaired by Sir Joseph Pilling to advise the House of …

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Church of England, Gay Marriage, Women Bishops

Thoughts on Synod

Peter Ould Feb 10, 2012 Tagged with Anglo Catholic, Church Catholic, Eastern Orthodox Church, Favour, Final Vote, House Of Bishops, Laity, Legislation, Provision, Reflection, Roman Church, Scriptures, Spirit, Substantive Motion, Summer Session, Synod, Three Houses, Tradition, Traditionalists, Two Thirds

So the Manchester motion on Women Bishops failed to garner support, instead a motion was passed …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Media

Newsnight on the London Letter

Peter Ould Feb 3, 2012 Tagged with Bible, Debate, Giles Fraser, Homosexuality, Jesus, London, New Statesman, Newsnight, Same Sex Relationships, Seven Days, Sociological Concerns, Spectator, Studio Guests, Theological Argument, Theological Arguments

You can watch it here for the next seven days if you have access to iPlayer. …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships

The London Letter

Peter Ould Feb 2, 2012 Tagged with Attitude, Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Clergy, Conscience, Couples, England Churches, First Response, Formal Decision, Full Time, General Synod, Incumbents, London Times, Parish Priests, Parliament, Pastoral Concern, Religious Premises, Rump, Signatories, Undersigned

Changing Attitude today published the text of a letter that was referred to in a piece …

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Church of England, Sexuality

Osborne Report Published

Peter Ould Jan 21, 2012 Tagged with 80s, Church of England, Churchtimes, Cofe, Conferences, Decades, Homosexuality, House Of Bishops, Human Sexuality, June Osborne, Reflection, Relationships, Report Pdf, Sexual Identity, Theology, Uploads

Back in the 80s, before the publication of “Issues”, the Church of England commissioned a report …

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Church of England, Gay Bishops, Jeffrey John, Legal Stuff

Jerome Taylor on the Jeffrey John Story

Peter Ould Jan 16, 2012 Tagged with Anglican Communion, Caveat, Celibacy, Church Leader, Church of England, Clergy, Dr John, Gay Bishop, Gay Man, Grey Area, Jeffrey John, Jerome Taylor, Line In The Sand, Outrage, Same Sex Relationship, Slap Face, Slap In The Face, St Albans, Traditionalist, Traditionalists

An interesting piece in today’s Independent which includes a story that lots of us knew about …

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Church of England, Gay Bishops, Jeffrey John

Jeffrey John to Sue the Church?

Peter Ould Jan 15, 2012 Tagged with Archbishop Of Canterbury, Archbishop Of Canterbury Rowan Williams, Bishop Of Southwark, Bitter Civil War, Church Officials, Crown Nominations Commission, David Cameron, Dr Williams, Employment Lawyer, Equality Act, Gay Equality, Gay Youth, Goodman Derrick, Infighting, Jeffrey John, John Dean, London Lawyers, Mail On Sunday, Priddis, Slee

This originally in the Sunday Times (behind a pay-wall) and now in the Mail on Sunday. …

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Church of England, Sexuality

New Year, Old Posturing

Peter Ould Jan 4, 2012 Tagged with Angry Response, Anxieties, Bishopric, Blatant Hypocrisy, Bullet Points, Campaign Goals, Church House, Church of England, Cofe, Colin Coward, Dr John, Echelons, Fact That People, Five Points, Gay Bishops, House Of Bishops, Jeffrey John, Personal Experience, Resignations, Respectful Silence

Is it just me or is Colin Coward over at Changing Attitude getting a bit boring? …

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Church of England, Same-Sex Blessings, Wholeness

What I Missed

Peter Ould Dec 16, 2011 Tagged with Brain Research, Church of England, Cognitive Differences, Colin Coward, Dean Hamer, Diocese Of London, Evangelicals, Formal Consent, Gay Relationships, Homosexual Christians, Human Sexuality, Northwestern University, Pastoral Guidance, Pcc, Questioners, Safron, Same Sex Relationships, Savic, There Is No Gay Gene, Warren Throckmorton

While I was “away”, I missed the following. Colin Coward was forced to edit a blog …

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