Sentences with phrase «woman bishops»
The phrase "woman bishops" refers to female religious leaders in the Christian church who have been appointed or ordained to serve as bishops. Full definition
The committee invited him to elaborate on his comments regarding women bishops towards the end of his hour - long evidence.
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I wish Libby the best of luck in her new role, and look forward to further appointments of women bishops in the Church.»
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.
The move comes just days after the Church of England voted to allow women bishops in a move Archbishop Justin said he was «delighted» about.
Story number two: the Synod's vote on women bishops.
I have been asked why, on St. Timothy day in York Minster, I stood up to object during the ordination of Libby Lane as the first woman bishop of the Church of England.
As an Epscopalian (the American branch of the Anglican Communion) I can tell you that we have had women bishops for sometime now.
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The Catholic Group in Synod, another conservative group, suggested it would continue to fight against women bishops.
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?
The Rt Rev Geralyn Wolf tells Premier future women bishops will need «a real love and passion» for the church.
The Church of England has published proposals that could lead to approval of the ordination of women bishops by 2015.
The move comes as some conservative Anglicans are taking issue with their church's increasingly progressive stances on issues like women bishops and homosexuality.
Unquestionably the issues raised are of far more fundamental theological and religious importance than cleaning up sexist language and electing women bishops, important as those achievements are.
It is also interesting that there were Gnostic women priests and may have been a Gnostic woman bishop, had Tertullian not introduced traditional mysogyny into the early Christian church.
The church's governing body narrowly rejected a measure that would allow parishes that oppose women bishops to have an additional male bishop.
It is odd that the Bell case, in many ways as searingly important as Captain Dreyfus was to Zola's generation of Frenchmen, has so far barely raised a whisper in English public life, while disputes about homosexual clergy or women bishops command attention.
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.
Yet the approval of women bishops reflects the fact that ecumenical «consensus» is an empty slogan at best.
The committee are also likely to discuss the reputation of the Church of England following a previous failed women bishop vote in November 2012.
The event marks almost one year since the historic vote passed legislation to allow women bishops within the Church of Wales.
There are currently 108 male bishops in place in the UK, with 28 Anglican women bishops around the world.
For example, it is good that we should soon see women bishops.»
(Tana, I know there are all sorts of problems over women Bishops at the moment but 2 women curates are, to me, a sign of a healthy church.)
In the Commons, MPs will be putting pressure on the Church of England over their decision to block women bishops.
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Referring to events at the Church of England synod, Ian Lucas, Labour MP for Wrexham, noted that the bishops» privilege was «even more inexplicable on this day when the Church of England has decided not to appoint women bishops.»
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The archbishop of Canterbury has pressed the case for fast - tracking women bishops into the House of Lords, asking a government committee for «discretion and flexibility» on the matter.
Just as women bishops were inevitable once the general synod voted to allow the ordination of women clergy back in 1992, so, too, it should be a short journey of logic for the Lib Dems to realise that supporting a right - wing Tory government leads to VAT hikes, benefit cuts and scorched earth public services.
Andrew Copson BHA Chief Executive, commented, «This latest activity from the Church of England in relation to women bishops yet again highlights how unrepresentative the Church is of broader society.
«I fear the church leadership will find itself out of step on this issue, just as it did until this week on women bishops.»
«I would like to congratulate Elizabeth Lane on her appointment as Suffragan See of Stockport and in doing so becoming the first woman bishop in the Church.
New laws due to be unveiled this week will mean woman bishops will be fast tracked into the House of Lords.
However, there is the interesting issue which Mr Bryant raises: by not allowing women bishops, the Church of England effectively denies women entry to the House of Lords.
Unwilling to accept women bishops, five Anglican bishops quit the church.
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»».
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.
It remains to be seen if the Church of England's future women bishops can overcome this now engrained perception.
All hopes for any provision within the CofE fade further and further away — the invention of women bishops means that any notion of sacramental assurance is now inevitably confused, and trying to find some sort of safe corner becomes surreal.
«As the first woman bishop in the Church of England she will face many challenges as well as enjoying many opportunities to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ.
A Labour MP has asked the House of Commons to support a move which would force the Church of England to allow women bishops.
Campaigners have welcomed the Church of England's General Synod decision to allow the consecration of women bishops.
«Traditional Anglo - Catholics», wrote Bishop Burnham, «must now decide whether to stay in the Church of England in what, for a while, will be a protected colony — where the sacramental ministry of women bishops and priests is neither acknowledged nor received — or to leave.»
It's facing serious strains over the ordination of women bishops and gay priests, and the Catholic Church has reached out to disaffected Anglicans, raising the possibility that conservatives could leave en masse.