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| Members of the National Liturgical Dance Network getting ready for the Installation of The Right Reverend Libby Lane Source: Twitter @PeterOuld |
A few days ago the Rev
Peter Ould tweeted: "Good God, there's a National Liturgical Dance Network."
The next picture helps to explain why. The installation of the Rt Rev Libby Lane as the eighth Bishop of Derby in fancy hat and what appears to be a Hindu garland. Without these details one might be forgiven for thinking the occasion some sort of religious parody.
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| The Right Reverend Libby Lane replaces the Right Reverend Dr Alastair Redfern, who retired in August Source: BBC |
The Church of England has been celebrating 25 yrs of women priests or their Silver Jubilee as
Women and the Church [Affirming * Challenging * Transforming] like to put it:
"Starting on March 12th this year, and lasting over three months, more than a thousand women will be celebrating a Silver Jubilee: the 25th anniversary of their ordination to the priesthood in the Church of England. Bristol Cathedral led the way, with 32 deacons ordained priest, and the following week three ordinations took place in Sheffield diocese on the 15th, 16th and 17th March, when twenty-five women were ordained as priests, and ordinations continued in other dioceses through April, May and June."
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been on the receiving end for his contribution in this "Welby’s woes with women" clip from
The Times (£):
"The Archbishop of Canterbury is in a spot of bother with women clergy. Justin Welby, is throwing a garden party on July 1 to celebrate 25 years of female ordination but the invitation has not gone down well. Guests are asked to be at Lambeth Palace at 11am on a Monday — a stretch for northern vicars.
“Perhaps Welby thinks the clergy have no Sunday commitments so they can spend the day travelling,” says the Rev Janet Fife, from Whitby. Also, the dress code is unusual for female priests: it calls for lounge suits."
Lambeth Palace held a service
celebrating 25 years of female priests in the Church of England back in March. Also, there is a Photo exhibition celebrates 25 years of female priests covered by the
Guardian. What is not mentioned is the underhand work to sideline the agreement that enabled feminism to flourish in the Church.
Much of the women's movement success has been playing with words such as equality and love often appealing to the wider public for support of their secular views.
"'Christianity as default is gone': the rise of a non-Christian Europe" was the headline in a
Guardian article last year:
"In the UK, only 7% of young adults identify as Anglican, fewer than the 10% who categorise themselves as Catholic. Young Muslims, at 6%, are on the brink of overtaking those who consider themselves part of the country’s established church."
In 2017 the BBC reported on a survey that suggested "
more than half in UK are non-religious." In a Synod debate Justin Welby called for "
radical new inclusion", part of the journey from women's ordination to LGBT inclusion and same sex marriage to
transgender services.
One would have thought that the Anglican Church could take the hint about the direction in which it is going. That it does not illustrates the extent to which blind revisionists lead the blind.
A
public consultation to be held in York on next Archbishop:
"The public can play a part in the selection of the next Archbishop of York when a public consultation meeting takes place in York next month.
"The current Archbishop, Dr John Sentamu, is to retire in June next year and a successor needs to be appointed.
"A meeting to discuss the requirements for the role will take place at The Belfrey Hall off Stonegate from 7.30pm to 9.00pm on Monday June 17, with everyone welcome.
"People will be able to meet the Prime Minister’s appointments secretary, Edward Chaplin, and the Archbishops’ secretary for appointments, Caroline Boddington, and comment on the needs of the post and the qualities required.
"Organisers say views expressed at the meeting form part of a wider consultation which will feed into the Crown Nominations Commission.
"This will in turn recommend a name to the Prime Minister to submit to The Queen."
More than half the people in the UK are non-religious. In fact, even within the Church feminism has taken over from religion. Given people's ignorance of the religious faith it would not be surprising if someone were to suggest that a Muslim should be the next Archbishop of York in the spirit of interfaith friendship.
I wonder if anyone thought of looking to
1 Timothy 3:
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The saying is sure:[a] whoever aspires to the office of bishop[b] desires a noble task. 2 Now a bishop[c] must be above reproach, married only once,[d] temperate, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, keeping his children submissive and respectful in every way— 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church? 6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace and the snare of the devil."
The
post-Christian US Episcopal Church celebrated 40 years of women in the priesthood in 2014. It adopted the same '
inclusive' agenda advocated by Justin Welby.
After 45 years of women in the priesthood the Episcopal Church is
near collapse!
