Sentences with phrase «synod votes»

In the week preceding the deal - clinching General Synod vote, I had the privilege of reading Women in Waiting.

Sadly, today The Church of England general synod voted against appointing women as bishops.

There had been fears it could be at least a decade before a female member of the clergy was given a place in the Lords after the Church of England's General Synod voted in favour of woman bishops last month.

«The synod voted against conversion therapy, which purports to make gay people straight.

Last week the General Synod voted to pass legislation that mean females could be in the Church's top jobs by the end of the year.

The General Synod voted in favour of new legislation that would allow women into the top roles last week.

However, the members of the synod voted not to include his proposal as part of the church's official response to the current political climate.

Not exact matches

Convention votes, though determined of course by simple majority, only expressed the synod's understanding of what the Word of God said.

In the Synod of Bishops that followed there were 87 votes cast for a position that would encourage the pope to allow the priestly ordination of «married men of mature age and proven life» (ibid p. 250 fn.52).

The vote happened Saturday at the General Synod, the three - times - a-year meeting that sets policies for the Church of England.

This synod did not vote on the propositions, but produced a final document of syntheses.

In June, the SEC voted to amend canon law and allow same - sex couples to be married in church during the church's General Synod in Edinburgh.

Even if a synod of bishops voted for it, it can not and will not happen.

A Black Ministry Convocation in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, not one of the country's more radical bodies, has voted overwhelmingly for a separate black district (a district is an LCMS diocese, so to speak) because of the «institutional racism» blacks have experienced in the church.

Henry notes that of the almost 500 member synod (the three voting «houses» that constitute the Anglican Church's decision - making body) only 15 are from BAME heritage.

In 2012 the laity fell six votes short of the required two thirds majority among lay members, despite being backed by almost three quarters of the synod.

Monday's vote received the two - thirds majority it needed in each of the three houses of the General Synod to pass, with members of the laity on this occasion overturning their previous opposition to the move.

The Church of England has voted to allow the ordination of women bishops, two years after members of the General Synod struck down previous legislation.

The Church of Ireland's General Synod has voted not to apologise to gay couples who didn't receive support... More

Other voting participants (priests, bishops and cardinals, known as synod fathers) include 114 representatives of national bishops» conferences; 13 heads of Eastern Catholic Churches; 25 heads of Vatican Congregations and Councils.

There will be one vote at the end of the synod, to approve the final document of recommendations, called the Relatio Synodi, which will be given to Francis.

They tell us that the synod has voted for it, and the parliament has agreed.

During the synod's session this weekend in York, members of the Church's national assembly voted to endorse a Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy signed by The Royal College of Psychiatrists and others condemning the practice.

Story number two: the Synod's vote on women bishops.

Sadly there wasn't a lot of dancing following the Synods decision to vote against the legislation for woman bishops, despite overwhelming support from priests and the public alike.

The congregation of St. Aidan's voted to leave the Synod of the Diocese of Huron after the Bishop of the Synod accepted a resolution to «grant permission to clergy, whose conscience permits, to bless the duly solemnized and registered civil marriages between same - sex couples.»