tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post8170273286516219772..comments2024-03-28T09:17:03.940+00:00Comments on AncientBriton: An Englishman's word is his bond?AncientBritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-32242130920708373732011-03-23T12:48:56.306+00:002011-03-23T12:48:56.306+00:001 Timothy 2:12 states, "I do not permit a wom...1 Timothy 2:12 states, "I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet."<br /><br />Which I guess rules out women being bishops.Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-43405673036567523132011-02-17T15:47:24.361+00:002011-02-17T15:47:24.361+00:00Not your memory George but fact. There was no Bibl...Not your memory George but fact. There was no Biblical concept of women priests or the church as it exists today. Traditionalists in the Anglican church follow Christ's example in common with most of Christendom. Pope Benedict summed up the position far better than I can:<br /><br />"The formulation of John Paul II is very important: "The Church does not have in any way the faculty to confer priestly ordination on women." It is not a matter of not wanting, but of not being able. The Lord has given a form to the Church with the Twelve and then with their succession, with the bishops and the presbyters (the priests). We were not the ones who created this form of the Church, but rather its essentiality comes from him. Following it is an act of obedience, and in the contemporary situation perhaps one of the most burdensome acts of obedience. But precisely this is important, that the Church show that it is not an arbitrary regime. We cannot do what we want. There is instead the Lord's will for us, to which we adhere, even if this is wearisome and difficult in the culture and civilization of today. Besides, the functions entrusted to women in the Church are so great and significant that one cannot speak of discrimination. This would be the case if the priesthood were a sort of dominion, while on the contrary it must be complete service. If one looks at the history of the Church, one realizes that the significance of women – from Mary to Monica all the way to Mother Teresa – is so eminent that in many ways women define the face of the Church more than men do."<br />'Light of the World' Pope Benedict XVI<br /><br />For a woman's view click on the link in this post:<br />http://ancientbritonpetros.blogspot.com/2010/12/women-discrimination-and-church.htmlAncientBritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-52064043141389187962011-02-17T12:54:42.057+00:002011-02-17T12:54:42.057+00:00Out of curiosity, what actually is the religious o...Out of curiosity, what actually is the religious objection to women bishops? It's been a while since I read it but I don't recall anything in the bible forbidding women priests.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182217326137612970noreply@blogger.com