tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197204543030756767.post5739719541382904453..comments2023-05-03T15:53:16.140+01:00Comments on Father Mervyn's Blog: THE SACRED SYNOD & THE SOCIETY OF ST. WILFRID AND ST. HILDAFather Mervyn Jenningshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053613428222136067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197204543030756767.post-73962945789811269612010-09-28T15:13:02.360+01:002010-09-28T15:13:02.360+01:00Hello Mervyn, hello Michael. Consider - if you can...Hello Mervyn, hello Michael. Consider - if you can accept women bishops you're OK in the mainstream of the C of E; if you can accept the doctrinal authority of Rome in its entirety you can swim the Tiber, either via the Ordinariate or otherwise; but if you come in between, what do you do? Is this new Society an attempt to answer this question? If so, it may well be the wrong answer (David Elliott of Holy Trinity, Reading, definitely thinks it is); but given that the General Synod won't let you have what you actually want, what else is there?Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4197204543030756767.post-69727941395769502302010-09-26T20:37:56.946+01:002010-09-26T20:37:56.946+01:00Yes, Father, amen to everything you say. I'm c...Yes, Father, amen to everything you say. I'm certainly prepared to give this new Society the benefit of the doubt - it could have a useful contribution to make in holding people together before they leave, but it needs to declare exactly what it is it really stands for and clear up the ambiguity. I for one don't want to be part of an anti-papal, non-Roman ecclesial exercise; although, if it does end up as that,it has no future whatsoever and deserves not to.Michael Gollop https://www.blogger.com/profile/00076220518083389674noreply@blogger.com