tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post6457513614154123728..comments2024-03-28T09:17:03.940+00:00Comments on AncientBriton: Women in the ChurchAncientBritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-1961278040188760322017-03-27T22:09:14.543+01:002017-03-27T22:09:14.543+01:00From no divorce and remarriage to this... in less ...From no divorce and remarriage to this... in less than 20 years.Richard Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233879893810048328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-20134325281755246082017-03-16T20:39:39.608+00:002017-03-16T20:39:39.608+00:00I understood catnap to mean St. Mary's.
Have I...I understood catnap to mean St. Mary's.<br />Have I missed something?Teilonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-4456556603370798032017-03-16T20:02:25.403+00:002017-03-16T20:02:25.403+00:00Poor light might have stopped play today Ruth but ...Poor light might have stopped play today Ruth but the Holy Ghost is still batting on the uneven wicket (swamp bed).<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-39297542<br /><br />"Church officials said there was no fixed timetable for the decision to be made but bishops wanted to make the appointment as soon as possible."1662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-55775400939453612472017-03-16T14:57:11.776+00:002017-03-16T14:57:11.776+00:00" You must set the standard for the tone of d...<i>" You must set the standard for the tone of debate..."</i><br />Hark at him!Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-78430851008449006412017-03-15T21:07:19.520+00:002017-03-15T21:07:19.520+00:00Maybe you could just try and be kind rather than d...Maybe you could just try and be kind rather than descend into immature insult. If you have ever visited Whitchurch you will know that it provides care for some of the most vulnerable human beings in our community. Please don't use their sad plight as an easy means of demeaning others - it's beneath us as christians. Rather, go and spend a day there and learn some common humanity and some decency.Scapegoathttp://www.scapregoat.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-58664564965491052092017-03-14T22:02:38.492+00:002017-03-14T22:02:38.492+00:00No white smoke today from the bench of Bishops?
Le...No white smoke today from the bench of Bishops?<br />Let us pray the Holy Ghost is still putting about a bit of stick.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-76845276113391825282017-03-14T09:49:04.481+00:002017-03-14T09:49:04.481+00:00I might have a mote of sympathy for your point of ...I might have a mote of sympathy for your point of view if you were chastising the MAE coven for introducing "an un-christian tone" into the church.<br />You're no brother of minenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-50078704883874893722017-03-13T17:22:32.507+00:002017-03-13T17:22:32.507+00:00Maybe Scapegoat could seek help at Whitchurch? The...Maybe Scapegoat could seek help at Whitchurch? They are very understanding folkcatnapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-23725622470532330632017-03-13T16:47:41.523+00:002017-03-13T16:47:41.523+00:00Previously on this blog, reference has explicitly ...Previously on this blog, reference has explicitly been made to witches and covens and I believe that to be beneath us as fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Whatever your issue with WATCH you would do better to remain with their acronym rather than favour your own; I don't believe it to be coincidental for one minute and it introduces an un-christian tone into the debate. You must set the standard for the tone of debate you wish to welcome here AB.<br /><br />It goes without saying that I also dissent from the content, but nice try.Scapegoathttp://www.scapegoat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-14161653891660948072017-03-13T16:40:02.812+00:002017-03-13T16:40:02.812+00:00Bravo Ancient Briton. Bravo Ancient Briton. Esthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-28904240315816724452017-03-13T14:48:14.854+00:002017-03-13T14:48:14.854+00:00I note that you do not dissent from the content Sc...I note that you do not dissent from the content Scapegoat but then how could one defend such duplicity? WwJs refers @12.12 to the silent majority. That is precisely the point. <br />'Women and the Church' (WATCH) implies that the views of women in general are being represented. In reality they represent only the views of a vocal minority of women in the Church (WITCH). The acronym is coincidental.<br />The silent majority detests the implication that WATCH represents their views, the more so since they have effectively destroyed traditional Anglicanism leaving most women outside the Church (WOTCH).AncientBritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-90071038130635539562017-03-13T12:12:38.235+00:002017-03-13T12:12:38.235+00:00Helpful or not, I am informed the female silent ma...Helpful or not, I am informed the female silent majority feel Witch entirely appropriate for the MAE coven participants and their disgraceful activities.What would Jesus say?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-76265735244444200282017-03-13T09:57:40.000+00:002017-03-13T09:57:40.000+00:00I don't think it's at all helpful to use t...I don't think it's at all helpful to use the term "WITCH" on this blog - you do yourself a disservice in terms of the views you seek to express by using this acronym. Or perhaps you mean it to refer to wise woman who have been hunted down and demeaned by the church? I think that's the modern understanding.<br /><br />WITCH is not helpful, I suggest, and you have appealed to moderation in the use of language here. Scapegoathttp://www.scapegoat.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-68287460003733704112017-03-13T08:59:45.475+00:002017-03-13T08:59:45.475+00:00We need to start challenging this 'other gospe...We need to start challenging this 'other gospel' of unconditional radical inclusivism. The true gospel of the Kingdom that Jesus preached was one of unconditional racidal invitation to take up his cross and follow him. May I suggest there is a world of difference between the two.<br /><br />Whamabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15182160966074081164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-44765870367356817422017-03-13T07:28:37.521+00:002017-03-13T07:28:37.521+00:00You're not wrong Alan2.
Politics over theology...You're not wrong Alan2.<br />Politics over theology every day.<br />A Dean and Precentor fall on their swords.<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-39248629<br />If only Llandaff could be so fortunate to lose two birds with one stone.1662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-16238587787081253022017-03-12T23:33:55.540+00:002017-03-12T23:33:55.540+00:00When I was a student, the head of politics at my u...When I was a student, the head of politics at my university told me in 1991 that the CofE was a fascinating example of "clothed politics".<br /><br />He was slightly behind the times.<br /><br />The following year it became evident that it is, and continues to be, naked politics. The gloves, and the rest, fell beside the wayside long ago. Alan2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-63522153254587904662017-03-12T18:52:06.135+00:002017-03-12T18:52:06.135+00:00With all due respect Ancient Briton, I think it mi...With all due respect Ancient Briton, I think it might be a tactical error to keep banging on the "openly gay but celibate", "unorthodox interpretation" and "controversial / divisive" drums. That might be playing right into the hands of the gay cabal who seem intent on whipping up a media frenzy with the help of the meddlesome Philip Masson, Martin Reynolds and a clutch of MPs who should have better things to do with their time.<br />I wouldn't feed their one-sided leaked version of events any more oxygen.<br />From comments on your "New Bishop of Llandaff to be elected" and "Three bullets+ for Llandaff" threads it's more than likely several homosexual candidates failed to attract the necessary two thirds majority required from the Electoral College.<br />(There have been no leaks concerning any possible lesbian or transgender candidates but I wouldn't ignore either possibility). <br />As "John C" has already asked, why indeed are the 6 MPs asking awkward questions about Jeffrey John only?<br />Why does their letter only mention Jeffrey John by name?<br />What of other failed homosexual candidates?<br />If the MPs either suspect or allege homophobic discrimination by the bench of Bishops or the Electoral College surely Jeffrey John would not be the only victim?<br /><br />The report of only Jeffrey John being wined and dined, the highly selective but unattributed leaks, the underhanded Masson email, the involvement of Chris Bryant, all carry fingerprints. The long-suffering people of the Cathedral and Diocese of Llandaff know the Modus Operandi of old.<br />The undercurrent of feelings at this morning's Cathedral services were disquiet at the revelations, disgust at the methods and grubbiness at the process.<br /><br />Salva Nos<br /><br />Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspirenoreply@blogger.com