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Why the Archbishops' Initiative Will Not Do Nearly Enough
By Roland Morant
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 4, 2010
At what seems like the eleventh hour, the two archbishops (Canterbury and York) have stepped quite dramatically into the ongoing debate on women bishops in the Church of England.
On the morning of 10th July 2010 at York the General Synod will start to debate the recommendations of the Revision Committee. With its inbuilt majority favouring the adoption of a scheme which inevitably will fail to address all the concerns of those who will not accept the novelty of women bishops - let alone priests - the Committee has opted for a statutory code of conduct, the adoption of which in individual dioceses will depend on the goodwill of female (and male) ordinaries asked to implement it by delegation.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Roland Morant
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
July 4, 2010
At what seems like the eleventh hour, the two archbishops (Canterbury and York) have stepped quite dramatically into the ongoing debate on women bishops in the Church of England.
On the morning of 10th July 2010 at York the General Synod will start to debate the recommendations of the Revision Committee. With its inbuilt majority favouring the adoption of a scheme which inevitably will fail to address all the concerns of those who will not accept the novelty of women bishops - let alone priests - the Committee has opted for a statutory code of conduct, the adoption of which in individual dioceses will depend on the goodwill of female (and male) ordinaries asked to implement it by delegation.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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