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| The bishops of Monmouth, Bangor, St Davids (Bp-elect), Llandaff (Abp), Swansea and Brecon and St Asaph in Sacred Synod, 2016. Source: Church in Wales |
The bishops of the Church in Wales will meet in Sacred Synod on Sunday 5 January in Brecon cathedral to confirm the election of Cherry Vann as Bishop of Monmouth.
Pictured above is former Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan in Sacred Synod in 2016. He retired to his newly built Cardiff bunker in January 2017 after engineering the disastrous election of the first female bishop in the Church in Wales.
Much has happened since the new bishop of St Davids was appointed. She lost no time in surrounding herself with women clergy, turning Wales' national shrine into a feminist enclave while trying to eject elderly male priests from further service in her diocese.
Gone in mysterious circumstances is the then bishop of Monmouth giving rise to claim and counter-claim in a long, drawn out process which did no-one any favours apart from his replacement which turned out to be more about the mission of feminism in the Church than the redemptive mission of the Church.
Persistent rumours of an improper relationship continue to dog another bishop on the bench while John Davies, bishop of Swansea and Brecon, has replaced Barry Morgan as Archbishop of Wales promising 'more of the same - but faster'. He has proved to be true to his word, dragging the Church in Wales into the secular world at an increasing pace.
Persistent rumours of an improper relationship continue to dog another bishop on the bench while John Davies, bishop of Swansea and Brecon, has replaced Barry Morgan as Archbishop of Wales promising 'more of the same - but faster'. He has proved to be true to his word, dragging the Church in Wales into the secular world at an increasing pace.
Barry Morgan was replaced as bishop of Llandaff by LGBT campaigner, June Osborne, following in the footsteps of Joanna Penberthy. The previously tipped Sarah Rowland Jones, vicar of St John's in the heart of Cardiff, was instead made Dean of St Davids, offering Osborne the opportunity of extending the sexual diversity of clergy in her diocese by filling the resulting vacancy at St John's by a transgender vicar who appears to believe that her primary mission is to normalise transgenderism.
The sexual revolutionary mission of the Church in Wales continues with normalising same-sex relationships following the appointment as bishop of Monmouth of Cherry Vann who invited her electors and Monmouth diocesan officers to Bishopstow before Christmas for 'drinks and nibbles' with the new bishop and her partner Wendy.
The Notice of the meeting of the Sacred Synod to confirm the election of Cherry Vann was posted the day after the drinks and nibbles party. It states: "This will be a public meeting and, should any member of the Church in Wales wish to draw to the bishops' attention any matter in relation to this episcopal election, they are invited to attend the meeting in person."
Much has changed in the sixty + years since this photograph of Church in Wales bishops was taken when five bishops held Oxford Firsts in Theology:
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Sacred in name only, it is unlikely that any member of the Church in Wales attending the Synod will wish to draw to the bishops' attention any matter in relation to this episcopal election given the current mission of the Church in Wales.
This is where it is leading. The new 'norm': Proud dad Reuben Sharpe has revealed how he gave birth to miracle baby Jamie with partner Jay in Britain’s most modern family - and even the couple's doctor was transgender.
2020 is the anniversary of the disestablishment of the Church in Wales. Preaching to the converted and those willing to 'go along to get on' the 2020 Vision video has been viewed a mere 2,840 times in the five years since its appearance in September 2014. A make believe world skips over the reality of the situation as regular, adult Sunday attendance continues to plummet; 14% down from 30,424 in 2014 to 26,110 in 2018.
The 2020 Vision initiative seeks a "reimagined Church in Wales" agreeing to support the "continued development of a unity scheme - the Church Uniting in Wales - incorporating Methodist, Presbyterian, United Reformed, and Baptist Churches alongside the Church in Wales."
There will be nothing sacred about Sunday's synod. It will merely confirm the bishops' intention to separate further the Church in Wales from the Holy Catholic Church to which it jokingly claims to belong - 'locally adapted' into a do-as-you-please Church.
This is where it is leading. The new 'norm': Proud dad Reuben Sharpe has revealed how he gave birth to miracle baby Jamie with partner Jay in Britain’s most modern family - and even the couple's doctor was transgender.
2020 is the anniversary of the disestablishment of the Church in Wales. Preaching to the converted and those willing to 'go along to get on' the 2020 Vision video has been viewed a mere 2,840 times in the five years since its appearance in September 2014. A make believe world skips over the reality of the situation as regular, adult Sunday attendance continues to plummet; 14% down from 30,424 in 2014 to 26,110 in 2018.
The 2020 Vision initiative seeks a "reimagined Church in Wales" agreeing to support the "continued development of a unity scheme - the Church Uniting in Wales - incorporating Methodist, Presbyterian, United Reformed, and Baptist Churches alongside the Church in Wales."
There will be nothing sacred about Sunday's synod. It will merely confirm the bishops' intention to separate further the Church in Wales from the Holy Catholic Church to which it jokingly claims to belong - 'locally adapted' into a do-as-you-please Church.
Happy New Year!
Perhaps it's churlish to say this ... but, although St. Paul was an educated man, Our Lord doesn't appear to have had any theological training and certainly didn't hold an Oxford First! While I am all in favour of erudition (I hold three "proper" degrees myself), someone who has a good grounding in academic theology doesn't necessarily possess administrative gifts, the ability to communicate simply and clearly, nor a passion for mission. Indeed, +Philip North, in an excellent article on the Church and Housing Estates, contends that "professional theologians are becoming less responsive to the needs and priorities of a Church in mission, and, instead, are answering questions that emerge from academia" - which, if true, is not going to advance the Faith in the world!
ReplyDeletePhilip North has an Oxford First in Theology.
DeleteI'm pleased to hear that, but it doesn't invalidate my point.
DeleteThe CinW has changed fundamentally after the ordination of women. Most thought it would simply replace a few male priests with female priests, but the consequences have been much more profound. The patriarchal nature of the Church has been lost and there has been an impetus towards secularity, most obviously seen in the LGBT crusade and all its appendages. The vision cannot be more lesbian bishops, gay marriage and a compliant Archbishop.
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1920, the year of disestablishment.
ReplyDelete2020, the year of disintegration.
I don't think we should be overly concerned about "rumours of improper relationship" involving a member of the bench of bishops Mr Briton. While we slide further into decline and apostasy let us pray and thank God for the legal expert who taught us to say together "We continue as we please". Perhaps he could be invited (for anhourly rate) to provide us with more detail on how best to obliterate the mindset of such a scoundrel.
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The photograph of the six Welsh bishops during the 1958 Lambeth Conference reminds me of the story that Archbishop Fisher apparently waged a determined though ultimately fruitless campaign to compel the bishops to garb themselves in the traditional frock coat, apron and gaiters. He held that this was the only proper mode of dress for bishops meeting in a formal context.
ReplyDeleteBut the younger generation of British bishops thought it ludicrously antique and stuffy and Fisher's obsession completely baffled the bishops from far-flung parts of the Anglican Communion, who had never encountered the custom and were understandably reluctant to fork out for gear which they'd never otherwise use!
The photograph neatly encapsulates the transition: the older bishops - John Richard Richards, Danny Bartlett and, of course, Archbishop Morris appear magnificently coated, aproned and gaitered, as his Grace of Canterbury prescribed. The mutinous younger generation - Glyn Landav, G.O. of Bangor and Jack S & B - are soberly lounge-suited!
Indeed! Glyn Simon wrote to Fisher reminding him that his jurisdiction ended at The Marches ! Also G O of Bangor was the first on The bench to encourage The Wimmin !
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DeleteNothing to do with the original post but following on from the last comment-----When Winnington - Ingram was enthroned at St Paul's, the West Doors were opened and he was approached by the Dean and Chapter, he turned to his Chaplain and said 'The See Gives up It's dead '
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely correct M.O. and later in his ministry Gwilym came to regret his encouragement of the "wimmin". He also came to regret bringing the young Darth Vader to Bangor.
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