Making way for women bishops

From Christian Today-

In the lead-up to legislation to approve women priests in the Church of England, a package was put before the then Archbishop of Canterbury which would have effectively created a “church within a church” for opponents.
Runcie is said to have rejected it out of hand. “I don’t want to go down in history as the Archbishop who presided over the break-up of the Church of England.”

The spotlight has moved to women bishops but the issue of how to make provisions for a minority which is unable to accept them continues to snag progress. The next sessions of the General Synod to be held in February 2010 may well be decisive.

In July 2008, the Revision Committee on Women in the Episcopate met to draft legislative proposals for debate in February. To the consternation of those in favour of women bishops they announced a way forward which on the face of it seemed contrary to what they had been instructed to do by the July sessions.

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