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Clergy warn against women bishops
BBC ^ | Sunday, 10 July, 2005

Posted on 07/12/2005 12:48:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A Church of England bishop has warned that hundreds of traditionalist clergy may leave for the Roman Catholic Church if women are ordained as bishops. The Church's synod is debating the issue in York on Monday.

Opponents have renewed their demand for a separate division of the Church from which women bishops would be barred.

The Bishop of Ebbsfleet told the Sunday Times if women were ordained the Church would not have "a united episcopate" and he "would have to leave".

Around 400 Anglican clergy became Roman Catholics when women were first ordained as priests in 1994.

Women now make up half of those training as Anglican clergy.

But for traditionalists, Jesus' choice only of men to be his disciples, and the 2,000-year-old unbroken chain of male bishops dating from the early Church rule women out of the role.

The Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Andrew Burnham, looks after parishes who have rejected women priests .

Bishop Burnham told the Sunday Times women could not be bishops, and that he would consider becoming a Roman Catholic were they to be ordained.

"A woman bishop wouldn't be a bishop because a bishop is someone whose ministry is acceptable through the ages to all other bishops," he said.

"A Church of England with women bishops would no longer have a united episcopate.

"Bishops would no longer be what they say they are. I would have to leave."

The Bishop of Fulham, John Broadhurst, told the paper there would be an exodus unless a separate area of the Church was created, from which women were barred.

"The introduction of women bishops without proper provision [for opponents] would be intolerable," the paper quoted him as saying.

Last week a group of bishops warned that proceeding with the plans would endanger the unity of the church.

Euthanasia

The July Sessions of the synod, which sits twice a year, began in York on Friday.

On Saturday, members voted 293 to one against a bill that would legalise euthanasia.

The Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill was introduced in the House of Lords last year.

Addressing the synod, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, reaffirmed his stance against euthanasia, arguing it was aimed at cost cutting in the health service.

"In a climate where the pressure is all towards a functionalised, reduced style of healthcare provision, this [assisted dying] must be a very, very tempting option to save money and resources," he said.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; General Discusssion; Mainline Protestant; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: anglican; catholic

1 posted on 07/12/2005 12:48:26 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

A relevant clergy would be discussing how to meet the challenge posed by Islam.


2 posted on 07/12/2005 1:06:50 AM PDT by thoughtomator (For all you love to survive, Islam must be destroyed.)
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To: thoughtomator

Such a challenge would be met by teaching their flock the fundamentals of their faith.


3 posted on 07/12/2005 1:07:58 AM PDT by nickcarraway (I'm Only Alive, Because a Judge Hasn't Ruled I Should Die...)
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To: nickcarraway

Better women than homosexuals that I'll say. However, I don't think the stat that 1/2 of seminarians are women is a good one. Where are all the men going? In the US something like 1/2 of all students in law schools are women. More women than men are enrolled at the undergrad level in college. Where are all the men? Are they in the military? On the Bowery? Where are they? What are they doing?


4 posted on 07/12/2005 2:12:02 AM PDT by jocon307 (Can we close the border NOW?)
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To: jocon307

"Where are they? What are they doing?"

Doing what they have always done when the monstrous regiment muscles its way in: abdicating their responsibilities!


5 posted on 07/12/2005 3:52:57 AM PDT by Tantumergo
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To: nickcarraway; cjshapi; Xenalyte; MaryFromMichigan
Clergy warn against women bishops

I read this wrong.

I thought they said, "Clergy warn against women biceps".

To which I thought, "Yeah. That's all gross 'n stuff."


7 posted on 07/12/2005 3:57:59 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Looks like the Supreme Court wants to play Cowboys and Homeowners.)
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To: Lazamataz

She's a man, baby!


8 posted on 07/12/2005 5:38:55 AM PDT by cjshapi
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To: Lazamataz; nickcarraway
Most women who want to be bishops will the Church to be habit forming. Image hosted by Photobucket.com
9 posted on 07/12/2005 7:48:08 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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10 posted on 07/12/2005 8:03:09 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || Iran Azadi || Kyoto: Split Atoms, not Wood)
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To: Lazamataz

Um, ewww.


11 posted on 07/12/2005 8:10:17 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Make the homeys say HO and the girlies wanna scream!)
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To: MaryFromMichigan
Most women who want to be bishops will the Church to be habit forming.

There's a word missing here. Did you mean they would find it "habit"-forming?

12 posted on 07/12/2005 4:20:54 PM PDT by The Grammarian (Yes, I recognized the pun. I just refuse to acknowledge it.)
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To: jocon307

Where are all the men? A lot of them are in jail.


13 posted on 07/13/2005 4:32:12 AM PDT by KateatRFM
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To: The Grammarian
Yeah.
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14 posted on 07/13/2005 7:16:35 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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