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Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by adaybayor(m): 6:20pm On Jan 05, 2013 |
The Church of England on Friday (Jan. 4) confirmed that it has dropped its prohibition on gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming bishops — but only if they agree to remain celibate. Speaking on behalf of the Church’s House of Bishops, Bishop of Norwich Graham Jones said in a statement: “The House of Bishops has confirmed that clergy in civil partnerships, and living in accordance with the teaching of the Church on human sexuality, can be considered as candidates for the episcopate. There had been a moratorium on such candidates for the past year and a half while the working party completed its task.” Jones added that the bishops agreed it would be “unjust” to exclude gay men from becoming bishops if they were otherwise “seeking to live fully in conformity with the Church’s teaching on sexual ethics or other areas of personal life and discipline.” Although the bishops approved the change on Dec. 20, it wasn’t noticed until Friday when the BBC’s religious affairs correspondent, Robert Pigott, read it in a report published in the Church Times. The move represents a major shift for the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which had already weathered a major schism when Anglicanism’s American branch, the Episcopal Church, consecrated openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire in 2003. Evangelical Anglicans said that they would fight the move to let gay clergy become bishops. Rod Thomas, chairman of the conservative group Reform, told the BBC that the idea of appointing people in civil partnerships as bishops had not been agreed on or debated by the wider church. That would be a major change in church doctrine and therefore not something that can be slipped out in the news,” he said. “It is something that has got to be considered by the General Synod.” The governing General Synod has already proven itself reluctant to make major changes to who can become a bishop; delegates narrowly defeated a proposal last November to allow women bishops, a decision that sparked widespread anger from the public and British government. The issue of gay bishops has split the Church of England since 2003 amid a row over gay cleric Jeffrey John becoming the Bishop of Reading, about 58 miles west of London. Presently, John is dean of St. Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire and is registered in a same-sex civil partnership with his longtime partner. Under the new rules, he would be eligible to become a bishop as long as he maintains his commitment to celibacy. |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by confusion247(m): 6:23pm On Jan 05, 2013 |
Sign of end time. |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by k2039: 6:27pm On Jan 05, 2013 |
[color=soyouquotedme]Church of England is doomed. [/color] |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by ozodimgba(m): 7:02pm On Jan 05, 2013 |
Church of England abi i hope church of Nigeria will soon follow? Shameless hypocrites God dey shaa. |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by ijawkid(m): 7:37pm On Jan 05, 2013 |
Smh |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by ifeegee(f): 2:05pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
Disheartening. |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by Nobody: 2:33pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
They are no longer fit to be called a "christian church". They should be ashamed of themselves! |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by true2god: 2:43pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
The 'church of england' is a disgrace to human concience and morality. No wonder young pple are no longer going to church in england. No wonder prayer is no longer offered in the perliament before proceedings. May God giv the few who are still standing for the truth d strength to carry on. I wont forget the question Jesus asked his disciples, 'will i find faith when i return?'. Even some atheist are being ordained bishops. God hav mercy. |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by KayDee4: 6:35pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
Just wondering . . . . . . , how do you square celibacy with civil partnership ? |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by NoContract(m): 10:23am On Jan 11, 2013 |
What is Church of England? |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by Lovethywilbedon: 10:54am On Jan 11, 2013 |
What does celibacy have do with the Anglican Church?. Is that the next thing they want to copy from the Roman Catholic Church. I thought that when you find out you are doing the wrong thing, the best thing to do is to abandon it and go for the right one, but these people will remain in the Anglican Church and try to copy as many as they can from the Catholic Church. The main problem of the Anglicans started with their founder "King Henry VII" who wanted to divorse Queen Cathrine of Aragon to marry his mistress Anna Boiyle (the queen's maid). When his request was not granted by the Pope (because Christ condemed it), he broke out from the Church, though not intending to found a new Church, which is exactly what he ended up doing. Now with this bad example from the king, it was just a matter of time, divorse became legal. As if that is not enough England whose monarch is the head of the Anglican Church, became the first to legalise Abortion and the use of Contraception. Now with Contraception alone you have opened the door for a whole range of possibilities. Now if you say that it is right for one to have s.ex while closing all door to procreation, then one can engage in all forms of s.ex that does not lead to procreation. This inclueds homosexuality and beastality, This is the arguement of the gay activists and with that they got the legalization they wanted for gay marriage. The second possibility ie beastality hasn't been legalised simply there is no activists litigating for it and I tell you any day they appear they will still win. This may happen in our life time, it is just a matter of time. |
Re: Yes, Gay Priests Can Become Bishops –church Of England by Nobody: 6:42pm On Jan 11, 2013 |
@ Poster David Wilkerson's prophecy documented in his book " the vision" coming to pass.... |
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