Church of England – Page 26 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Secular / Christian

Church of England Responds to Lord Alli

Peter Ould Mar 12, 2010 Tagged with Alli, Amendments, Careful Consideration, Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Equality Bill, Government Need, Intention, Obligation, Parliament, Partnership Act, Partnership Registration, Places Of Worship, Positio, Provision, Provisions, Religious Organisation, Religious Premises, Royal Assent, Secretary Of State

There is an official response from the Church of England to Lord Alli’s amendment on Civil …

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Church of England, Legal Stuff, Secular / Christian, Sexuality, UK Politics

Where were the Bishops?

Peter Ould Mar 9, 2010 Tagged with Alli, Ambiguity, Assurances, Bishops, Cartoon Church, Church of England, Church Of England Clergy, Civil Partnerships, Dave Walker, Disregard, Equality Bill, Favour, Front Benches, General Election, Horse Trading, Mockery, Religious Premises, Report Stage, Volition, Wise Move

One of the questions being asked after last week’s vote in the Lords is “Where were …

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Church of England, Ecclesiastical, Secular / Christian, Sexuality, Theology, Wholeness

Why James Jones is Wrong

Peter Ould Mar 6, 2010 Tagged with Bishop James, Conscription, Conversion Of Constantine, Cursory Glance, Diocesan Synod, Divergent Views, Ethical Issues, Ethical Positions, Human Sexuality, James Jones, Lively Debates, Moral Conviction, Moral Judgement, Moral Principles, No Doubt, Pacifism, Principle Of The Sanctity Of Human Life, Roman Empire, Sanctity Of Human Life, War Theory

In his speech to Liverpool Diocesan Synod today, Bishop James Jones has argued that the Church …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Legal Stuff, Secular / Christian

Lord Alli’s Amendment Passes

Peter Ould Mar 3, 2010 Tagged with Civil Partnerships, Cross Bench, Gay Marriage, Gays And Lesbians, Government Spokesman, Homosexual Couples, Jewish Synagogues, Labour Peer, Liberal Approach, Liberal Jews, Religious Establishment, Religious Establishments, Religious Language, Religious Organisations, Religious Premises, Report Stage, Same Sex Couples, Same Sex Relationships, Spokesman Said That, Thinking Anglicans

Thinking Anglicans have a number of links, the best of which are the reports from the …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Secular / Christian

Lord Alli’s Amendment on Civil Partnerships in Religious Buildings

Peter Ould Mar 1, 2010 Tagged with Alli, Avoidance Of Doubt, Baroness, Civil Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Cpa, England, Obligation, Partnership Act, Registration Authority, Religious Buildings, Religious Organisations, Religious Premises, Religious Purposes, Section 6, Section 6a, Sloss, Subsection, Surbiton, Wales

This is the text of the new amendment to be moved by Lord Alli. Having been …

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Church of England, Evangelism, General, Mission

The State We’re In

Peter Ould Feb 26, 2010 Tagged with Bishops, Christian Teaching, Churches, Civil Partnerships, Clergy, Eve, Falling Numbers, Flock, Gays, God, Members, Misogynists, People, Pointyheads, Profound Wisdom, Senior Women, Shares, Two Thousand Years, Vic

Some profound wisdom this morning from Vic. —- Once upon a time there were some pointyheads …

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Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Secular / Christian, Sexuality

Blessing Civil Partnerships in Church

Peter Ould Feb 23, 2010 Tagged with Church of England, Civil Marriage, Civil Partnerships, Congress Shall Make No Law, Discrimination Law, Equality Bill, Faith Communities, Gay Couples, Government Proposals, Liberal Judaism, Partnership Act, Religious Bodies, Religious Establishments, Religious Marriage, Religious Premises, Slippery Slope Argument, Small Communities, Spiritual Independence, Straight Couples, Unitarians

A letter today in the Times has reignited the debate over whether Civil Partnership ceremonies should …

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Anglican Communion, Church of England

General Synod – We affirm desire of ACNA to remain in the Anglican Communion

Peter Ould Feb 10, 2010 Tagged with Acna, Acoc, Anglican Church, Anglican Churches, Anglican Communion, Archbishops, Aspiration, Canada, Church of England, Desire, General Synod, North America, Notion, Recognise, Recognising, Relevant Authorities, Respect, Slap, States Of America, United States Of America, Using The Word

An amazing moment in General Synod as it passes a motion to affirm the desire of …

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Church of England, Sexuality, Theology

Rowan’s Address to Synod

Peter Ould Feb 9, 2010 Tagged with Body Of Christ, Carelessness, Christian Freedom, Christian Integrity, Crises, Critical Sense, Distinctive Contribution, Heart To Heart, Holy Spirit, Human Realities, Human Sexuality, Isolation, Likeness, Neighbour, Priests, Rowan, Sanctification, Self Interest, Synod, Worshippers

You can read the full thing here. For me, the key sections around human sexuality are …

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Church of England, Sexuality

Questions Questions

Peter Ould Feb 9, 2010 Tagged with Amendments, Appointments, Archbishops Council, Canon, Central Secretariat, Church of England, Debates, Desire, Equality Bill, Genuine Occupational Requirement, Human Sexuality, Implementation, John Sentamu, Parliamentary Scrutiny, Queries, Question Time, Secretariat, Simon Butler, Southwark, Synod

Yesterday in Synod we had question time (a slightly less fractious affair then the one that …

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