Wednesday 20 November 2013
WOMEN BISHOPS
I, for one, an opponent of both ordination of women to the priesthood and the episcopate, am pleased that after all these years a decision has been made. The day women were ordained to the priesthood it was inevitable that they would, at some stage, become bishops. It was never a question of if but when. The sad thing really is that since the original proposal was made and promises were made to those opposed, they have been steadfastly broken. So what value is it possible to put on any promises now being made? Only time will tell.
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If only a fraction of the time expended over the last year on ensuring that women are admitted to the episcopate had been spent on accommodating those who simply want to abide by the faith of the church, the situation could have been resolved years ago. As you say Father, time will tell.
ReplyDeleteIn the name of the equality demanded by the would be purple sisters perhaps you and I, Father, should demand that we be permitted to become nuns.
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness I deplore Cameron's statement about possible fast tracking arrangements for women bishops to enter the Lords. Why? How much more tradition is this Blue Socialist going to ignore?
Maybe now is the time for remaining Anglo-Catholics to conclude that a Church that waddles and quacks like a Protestant body probably is, after all, just that.
ReplyDeletePerhaps now they have what they want, the Synod could turn its attention to other matters, like the conversion of England.
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