When the Church bows to the State: Gay bishops in the Church of England

“As if the Church of England does not have enough troubles, word is leaking out of Lambeth Palace that the church is about to allow the appointment of openly gay bishops, so long as those bishops remain celibate.

The news has emerged in the form of a leaked internal memorandum prepared for the Archbishop of Canterbury by the church’s highest legal adviser…”

– Albert Mohler looks at the latest controversy facing the Church of England.

Reform calls for legal advice on Bishops’ Appointments to be withdrawn

“The legal advice from Church House on whether clergy in civil partnerships can be appointed as bishops should never have been published and should now be withdrawn. This is the view of General Synod member and chairman of Reform, the Revd Rod Thomas. …”

– Reform responds to the highly publicised release of ‘legal advice’ on Church of England bishops in civil partnerships.

(Peter Ould takes apart the story at An Exercise in the fundamentals of orthodoxy.)

Revising the C of E Baptism services (again)

“When the Common Worship services were produced in 1995 the problems about baptism within the wider church came to the fore. The Liturgical Commission set about the service with a particular rationale but this did not find favour with the General Synod, as a result a Revision Committee, and the Synod itself… changed the services significantly. The resulting service, authorised in 1997, was unsatisfactory to many people and is confused theologically. …

The discontent surfaced again in 2005 when further changes were made. Now, another six years on a third attempt is being made to revise the services…”

– in this article (PDF file) for Cross†Way, Church Society General Secretary David Phillips provides several glimpses into the state of liturgical reform in the Church of England.

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