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Conservatives oppose female bishops
A letter to Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, and John Sentamu, the archbishop of York, was signed by 1,300 members of the clergy, The Times of London reported. About 10 percent of the active clergy and hundreds of retirees are among the signers.
The synod, which begins Friday in York, is expected to vote on whether women should be allowed to serve as bishops.
Another vote would determine whether those who disagree would be allowed to have a network of churches with an exclusively male clergy. To complicate matters, another group has said it opposes any special facilities for those who do not support women in the priesthood.
The disagreement in the English church comes as the worldwide Anglican communion threatens to split over homosexual priests. A group of conservatives met in Jerusalem last week and decided to set up a parallel structure that would remain Anglican but would not recognize Williams' authority.
Williams in a statement, warned the dissidents to think carefully about what they are doing, The Telegraph said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International.
This news arrived on: 07/02/2008
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07-05-2008 22:07
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But homosexuals are okay? How about illiterates? Which apparently is what you are. The way to spell women is W O M E N. And as far as what the bible says about women being head of the church, are you speaking of the true bible? Or are you speaking of the one the Catholics decided to write in order to control and rule the people the way THEY wanted. (Never mind what GOD wants.) I suggest you actually READ the bible instead of letting your Bishops tell you what it says. That is, IF you can read. If not, there are several good King James versions on tape for those who cannot or just won't read.
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