From the Telegraph. (Looks like he's wearing the same hat Peter Cooke did in The Princess Bride.)On one side of the row is the Rt Rev John Hind, the Bishop of Chichester, who has a black belt in judo and a staunch opponent of the ordination of women.
In the opposing corner is a growing group of clergy and worshippers in his diocese, who are dismayed by the bishop's intransigence.
Bishop Hind has told his diocesan synod that when he appoints a new junior bishop, they will not be permitted to ordain women.
He has been bombarded with letters of protest against his stance, and faces a growing revolt. Behind closed doors, influential figures in the diocese are holding clandestine meetings to consider what action to take. Several of his priests have also already written to the Archbishop of Canterbury, believing that the bishop's attitude discriminates against women.
One senior cleric in the diocese has accused the bishop of trying to establish a refuge for anti-women priests. He claimed that the decision to block the appointment of a new bishop who would ordain women was an attempt to create a haven for traditionalists opposed to female priests.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3740980/Bishop-faces-rebellion-over-women-clergy.html
2 comments:
If that is allowed they could end up just like Pittsburg, Ft. Worth, and San Juaquin.
I think he just doesn't want anyone else to be able to dress up. lol. That miter is really in your face.
A woman can be prime minister, Queen, but when God calls a woman she can't do it because she doesn't have the right equipment. Is the dear bishop saying it's ok if the get the proper equipment???
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