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Church of England votes to proceed with trial blessing services for same-sex couples
Christian Post ^ | 11/19/23 | Anugrah Kumar

Posted on 11/19/2023 1:50:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The Church of England has decided to proceed with trial blessing services for same-sex couples. This decision, made during the General Synod, marks a significant shift in the denomination's stance on same-sex relationships.

The Bishop of Oxford proposed the amendment for these trial services, which narrowly passed in the House of Laity by one vote, the U.K.-based group The Christian Institute noted, adding that the House of Bishops supported the motion 23 to 10, with four abstentions. The House of Clergy also voted in favor, 100 to 93, with one abstention. The House of Laity also voted in favor, but by 104 to 100, with no abstentions.

Originally, the House of Bishops proposed that these services be formally authorized under a two-year process, requiring a two-thirds majority in each of the three Houses. However, the approval allows for the use of “prayers of blessing” in existing services as early as December, while the bishops discuss implementation.

The Rev. John Dunnett, national director of the CofE Evangelical Council, expressed disappointment with the decision, stating it departs from a biblical understanding of sex and marriage. CEEC plans to announce provisions for orthodox Evangelicals and aims to ensure their continued presence in the denomination.

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1 posted on 11/19/2023 1:50:25 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The great apostacy.


2 posted on 11/19/2023 1:55:30 PM PST by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: SeekAndFind

One of the great successes out of the Reformation becomes a disgrace.


3 posted on 11/19/2023 1:56:15 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: SeekAndFind

And what is going to rush in to fill this vacuum. You guessed it. Mad Mo’ism. The only reason places like Greece,Serbia, Armenia etc are not musloid, is that they all had a very strong belief in the Christian faith and had clergy that didn’t prepare the ground for the musloids to become the majority. Britain is doomed


4 posted on 11/19/2023 2:01:01 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver (Rrily)
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To: SeekAndFind

“The Church of England has decided to proceed with trial blessing services for same-sex couples.”

“TRIAL blessing services”?? So this is an experiment?

Exactly what results do they expect to see?


5 posted on 11/19/2023 2:07:38 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: taxcontrol
(The great apostasy.)

Yep. People are going to find out that God's Word is absolutely correct.

(blessing services for same-sex couples)








6 posted on 11/19/2023 2:08:25 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: rarestia

I know catholics who are running to the Lutheran Missouri synod


7 posted on 11/19/2023 2:14:39 PM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Why do “same sex couples” want Church of England “blessings”?


8 posted on 11/19/2023 2:17:03 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: rarestia

Success?
Henry divorced and murdered some of his wives because he wanted an heir, and turned in the church when they wouldn’t endorse his perversions.

His so called church started out endorsing sexual abnormalities. How is this any different?


9 posted on 11/19/2023 2:18:03 PM PST by Texas_Guy
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To: rarestia
Was not the Church of England formed in part because Henry VII
could not get an annulment of his marriage to Katherine by the Catholic church? In that regard, it was phony then, and phony now.
10 posted on 11/19/2023 2:25:29 PM PST by Fungi
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To: SeekAndFind

Death of the West


11 posted on 11/19/2023 2:27:22 PM PST by Phoenix8
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To: ifinnegan

They simply want to destroy the real meaning of marriage. ie Make it a joke.


12 posted on 11/19/2023 2:38:16 PM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: ifinnegan

Why do “same sex couples” want Church of England “blessings”?
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It’s a vain attempt to normalize and legitimize their disgraceful behavior. And “their” includes both the clerics and the laity within the church. Church meaning both the Catholic Church and all the countless sects that profess to be Christian.


13 posted on 11/19/2023 2:41:27 PM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat; Sir Bangaz Cracka

I think you are right.


14 posted on 11/19/2023 2:58:33 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Church of England votes to proceed with trial blessing services for same-sex couples.

Decoded: Church take cash bribe


15 posted on 11/19/2023 2:59:28 PM PST by Vaduz (....)
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To: SeekAndFind

God as metaphor for ruling class interests.


16 posted on 11/19/2023 3:14:33 PM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: SeekAndFind
Dearly beloved: We have come together in the presence of God to witness and bless the joining together of this man and this woman in Holy Matrimony.

Well, so much for The Book of Common Prayer etc..Wonder if these swingin' bishops will ok a new title ... The Church of What's Happening Now in England?

17 posted on 11/19/2023 4:59:56 PM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.- Mencken)
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To: Texas_Guy

Compared to the humanist ravages in France, for instance, England spawned what became America. For that time, English was at the vanguard of what became a massive liberty movement based around Christian doctrine.


18 posted on 11/20/2023 2:29:10 AM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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