12 Responses to “Bible reading”

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1. 

   Evan

   On October 20, 2009 at 3:30 pm

   My sense is that it will hinder ecumenical work. The head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity is against this sort of thing. You can find my more extensive thoughts on it here: http://bit.ly/1G3Sin.

2. 

   norris hall

   On October 20, 2009 at 3:32 pm

   I think this is an excellent move. By opening itself up to married priests the Catholic church will have taken a small step towards acceptance of married clergy.
   If nothing else, the Catholic Church will grow accustom to the idea of having married priests and it will become harder to justify celibacy in the church as a whole.
   I wonder if Catholics who are married but want to become priest could join this new Anglican wing and stay married.

3. 

   Caroline TOO

   On October 20, 2009 at 4:26 pm

   It really does lift the question, that if there is now an institutional and pastoral practice set up for those who can not stomach the idea of women bishops: Does the Church of England need to provide such a organisational and pastoral set up?

4. 

   Anon

   On October 20, 2009 at 7:54 pm

   What about the women priests in Anglo-Catholic churches? Are they welcome too? Is this the first step towards women priests in the Catholic Church? (Or is that too optimistic?)

5. 

   Andy

   On October 20, 2009 at 8:23 pm

   Now we know why the revision committee has refered the legislation back to General Synod. They must have known that any future code of practice will have to accomodate this development. Traditionalists will now have their seperate province and it’s called Rome!

6. 

   Jodi Timpson

   On October 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm

   I was about to ask the same question. What about the women? It’l be a cold day in hell I reckon before the church goes there! Still, baby steps!!

7. 

   ahrcanum

   On October 21, 2009 at 12:46 am

   wow, what a can of worms. In the U.S folks are having a hard time bypassing the sign of peace because of H1N1 let alone this!

8. 

   Eric

   On October 21, 2009 at 3:19 am

   I divided on the issue of women priests, but not married ones. I would hope that only those who are already married before joining the Catholic Church could remain married. It shouldn’t be expected the next round of priests will be married.

9. 

   David Keen

   On October 21, 2009 at 9:58 am

   Thankfully, the Vatican isn’t the only show in town when it comes to ecumenism. In the local setting, the RC church is generally not very keen to work together with other churches unless the Bishop tells it to. Most of the real ecumenical work is happening elsewhere: debating theology with Rome may keep a few academics in a job, but what does this say about any geniune ecumenical partnership? Will the CofE be doing a hostage swap with Roman Catholic priests who want to get married?
   The small print, when it comes, will be very interesting.

10. 

    Caroline TOO

    On November 4, 2009 at 12:19 pm

    I can read it, it’s living it that I struggle with…

11. 

    Christopher Shell

    On November 4, 2009 at 12:48 pm

    I tried to google this but with no success. I hope I understand what it is trying to say. ‘Well’ I would understand as ‘well-informedly’ and also with a wholesome/positive attitude. That would mean having a positive attitude to the practice of all dimensions of bible study (including textual criticism) and therefore a negative attitude to their neglect. Otherwise we are at the mercy of: person A’s idea of ‘reading the bible well’ is different from person B’s (and both of the two are in danger of merely reflecting some individual’s ideology rather than anything more objective). And also at the mercy of false dichotomies where the true situation is both/and?

12. 

    Andy

    On November 4, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    Scripture should be the canvas on which we allow the Holy Spirit to reveal herself.