Sentences with phrase «against women bishops»

In the past, she had spoken out against women bishops and gay marriage and in her letter of resignation, she is said to have stated: «I refuse to be mistaken as one participating in the fanciful notion of «good disagreement»».

The Catholic Group in Synod, another conservative group, suggested it would continue to fight against women bishops.

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CNN should stop making this an issue, it is not about religion, this a war against women by Bishops who have always thought they know what is best for women.

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

All presiding ministers of the Church, from the Pope and the bishops down to the parish priests and chaplains, exist only so that there may be Christians, that is men and women who believe, hope and love, who bear their cross, who see light even in darkness, who firmly hope even against hope, men who have the folly and the courage to love in a loveless world.

[52] He also wrote as bishop of Lyons, where in 177, a violent uprising had taken place against the Christians, resulted in the martyrdom of almost fifty Christian men and women.

They said that women and laymen could preach, that the Church of Rome, being corrupt, was not the head of the Catholic Church, that only priests and bishops who lived as did the Apostles were to be obeyed, that prayers for the dead were useless, that sacraments administered by unworthy clergy were of no effect, that taking life is against God's law, that every lie is a deadly sin, and that oaths, as in courts, are clearly contrary to Christ's command.

18 Paul from whom this group stemmed was bishop of Samosata and viceroy under Queen Zenobia of Palmyra; he was condemned for heresy by two synods (264, 269); and one of the incidental charges brought against him was that he trained women to sing in the church choir.

The British Humanist Association has reactivated Holy Redundant campaign urging the public to email their MPs against continuing reserved places for bishops in the House of Lords following the Church of England's 20th Nov 2012 vote to not to allow women to be bishops.

The survivors persist in refusing to discriminate against Islam in their secular irony even though they continue, as always, to reserve their most provocative stuff for Christians (the most provocative cartoon in the post-attack issue exhibits divorced women who will now be able to take their communion their big tongues sticking out... we won't even translate the bishop's thought bubble).

David Cameron has refused to intervene after the Church of England voted against allowing women to be appointed as 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.