I can not for the life of me see how we end up
with women bishops, but if that's what the CofE wants to do, that's down to the CofE.
Does anyone else see the irony that the true head of the Church of England is a woman (Queen Elizabeth II), yet the church has a problem
with women bishops?
Not exact matches
They are the results of an unwillingness among our
bishops to enter into sincere and mutually respectful dialogue
with the
women.
♦ Then there's Sandy Newman, president of Voices for Progress, writing to John Podesta in 2012 when the HHS mandate was announced: «This whole controversy
with the
bishops opposing contraceptive coverage even though 98 % of Catholic
women (and their conjugal partners) have used contraception has me thinking... There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.
The «
Bishops» will look the other way when it's convenient to do so, then when it involves real issues
with women's health, they use it to make some over-the-top political statement.
It's high time the Catholic Church embraced the 21st century
with regard to
women's reproductive rights and
women's rightful place in the church, such as serving as priests and
bishops.
The move comes as some conservative Anglicans are taking issue
with their church's increasingly progressive stances on issues like
women bishops and homosexuality.
I'll say, and the Synod of the Church of England just admitted
women bishops, the Jews and Muslims in Palestine are at each other's throats again, and a new dinosaur
with 4 wings was just dug up in China (no doubt planted by Satan).
The fractures within Protestantism, coupled
with other developments such as the move to allow
women bishops in the Church of England, however, suggest that the movement toward visible unity is in stasis.
Of cours the
Bishops wouldn't know this type of information, because of the fact they can't have real involvment
with women
Great resources on this topic: http://www.wordonfire.org A Theology of the Body for Beginners — Christopher West Man and
Woman He Created Them — A Theology of the Body — John Paul II Catechism of the Catholic Church 1992 or 1994 International Editions — Compiled by Catholic
Bishops Worldwide
with JP II United States Catholic Catechism for Adults
That a man - made organization
with (presumably) good - intentions has had
women bishops ordained ought not be mistaken as bearing the authority of scripture.
He denied that the vote was about whether or not to ordain
women bishops, saying the Church of England had already decided to go ahead
with that.
«But if a poor man or
woman comes... and especially they are stricken in years, and there be no place for such, do thou, O
bishop,
with all thy heart provide a place for them even if thou have to sit upon the ground.»
A council should be opened whose concerns would no longer be interecclesial — dealing
with priests,
bishops,
women's ordination and so forth — but would center on far more essential problems.
«When I wrote to him last weekend to offer my prayers for his battle
with prostate cancer, he replied
with these words: «Wonderful that you over there will soon have
women bishops.
The man behind an independent report into the controversy surrounding the appointment of the Bishop of Sheffield has said he sees no reason why traditionalists who don't agree
with the ordination of
women can't become diocesan
bishops.
At the Vatican, Sisters Pat Farrell and Janet Mock, president and executive director respectively of the Leadership Conference of
Women Religious, sat down
with Cardinal William Levada, head of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - the church's doctrinal watchdog group, and Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle, who is charged
with bringing the nuns back in line
with the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops and the Vatican.
Four
bishops have already resigned in scandals involving homosexual activity, and a fifth, my friend James McCarthy, auxiliary
bishop of New York, resigned over affairs
with women.
There are currently 108 male
bishops in place in the UK,
with 28 Anglican
women bishops around the world.
How long will the Christians and people of the United States have to contemplate the incongruity of its government... as it supports
with over a million dollars a day another government that represses, kills
bishops, religious workers, children, men and
women, violates human rights, closes itself to dialogue and obstructs the pastoral task of the churches?
The priest shortage, coupled
with Pope John Paul II's refusal to ordain
women or to reconsider the blanket requirement of priestly celibacy, limits the maneuverability of the U.S.
bishops.
Newt Gingrich got a free pass this way from the
bishop of Atlanta, for the Catholic
woman he was sleeping
with for 8 years behind his wife's back.
One Roman Catholic prelate, for instance, recently found himself on a platform
with several Episcopal
bishops, including a
woman bishop.
There is growing pressure within the Church of England to create a situation in which the episcopal «team» in each diocese always included both sexes,
with women accounting for half of all
bishops at any given time.
Auxiliary Bishop Francis Murphy of Baltimore and Bishop Raymond Lucker of New Ulm, Minnesota, «mingled»
with the
Women's Ordination Conference rally outside the hotel during the bishops» meeting, and Archbishop Rembert Weakland, to show his solidarity with the WOC, requested the women's pra
Women's Ordination Conference rally outside the hotel during the
bishops» meeting, and Archbishop Rembert Weakland, to show his solidarity
with the WOC, requested the
women's pra
women's prayers.
The House of Common was on course for a clash
with the Church of England today, after MPs across the main parties savaged the decision not to allow
women bishops.
The
women of the church agreed to this as long as they asked the
woman bishop for permission, the same as they do currently for male
bishops who they disagree
with on this issue.
Most ConservativeHome readers probably don't agree
with the decision of the Church of England not to allow
women bishops, but will will think the Church has the right to organise and make decisions about its own affairs without interference from politicians.
A lesson on the ordination of
women, Including a sorting activity with arguments associated with the Catholic church and the Church of England, use of images to discuss Jesus» relationship with women and important women in the Bible (Eve and Mary) and finally links to news reports on Women Bis
women, Including a sorting activity
with arguments associated
with the Catholic church and the Church of England, use of images to discuss Jesus» relationship
with women and important women in the Bible (Eve and Mary) and finally links to news reports on Women Bis
women and important
women in the Bible (Eve and Mary) and finally links to news reports on Women Bis
women in the Bible (Eve and Mary) and finally links to news reports on
Women Bis
Women Bishops.
The other day, when I was being led into a meeting
with a
bishop, one of the society ladies told another, «We must get this
woman into Parliament soon.
A Gauguin wood sculpture of a Tahitian
woman from around 1902 — 03 — the model was reportedly sleeping
with the artist's chief nemesis on the island, a Catholic
bishop — had Christie's reps Zan Serafin and Conor Jordan locked in competition, until a rogue bid from the floor added a new dimension to the fight, and from there they bid up the price to a $ 27.5 million hammer, or $ 31 million
with the buyer's premium, garnering the first applause of the New York sales.