Tag Archives: Archbishop of York

The Church of England Synod Vote

I am interested in hearing from our bloggers in the UK what the developments at the Church of England Synod regarding women bishops will mean for us.  The New York Times has posted an article which dredges up the annoying … Continue reading

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Mirrors, Smoke and Archbishops

When a spokeswoman for "Women and the Church" (WATCH) and Fr Ed Tomlinson use the same phrase of a rescue plan, we should take notice.  Here is the Revd Lindsay Southern in an open letter to the Archbishops: "The smoke … Continue reading

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An Outsider's View

There are people who suffer from a phobia in which they cannot endure having one type of food touching another kind of food on their plate.  Some of them can eat only off plates with divided sections, and some go … Continue reading

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Another Fig Leaf

Forward in Faith has welcomed the amendments which the two Archbishops are proposing.  I am less sanguine than FiF about this attempt to get round the Revision Committee's proposals concerning women in the Episcopate in England. The notion the Archbishops … Continue reading

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York and Canterbury to Intervene

It is no secret that many bishops are in a bit of a panic about this summer’s debate over women bishops and fear the loss of many traditionalists. According to reports in the Daily Mail, both the Archbishop of York and … Continue reading

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Is the Archbishop of York a "Proper Anglican"?

With Archbishops like these, who needs enemies?  The "Continuing" sectarians claim that those of us who go over to Rome have no right to call ourselves "Anglicans" and now the Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu, says that we won't … Continue reading

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