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January 18 2023 By dvirtue CHURCH OF ENGLAND: Bishops propose prayers of thanksgiving, dedication and for God's blessing for same-sex couples

The proposals, which follow a six-year period of listening, learning and discernment known as Living in Love and Faith, will be outlined in a report to the Church's General Synod, which meets in London next month.

January 14 2023 By dvirtue A Response to Bishop John Inge's Advocacy for Same-Sex Marriage

Quotations from and Responses to John Inge's Arguments in Favour of Same-Sex Marriage

Inge:
.... There were protests when, in 1901, the 'heretic' Gore was nominated for the see of Worcester. His offence? To suggest that not all the Old Testament -- the Genesis creation accounts, the stories of Jonah and Job, for example -- are literal historical accounts.

January 09 2023 By dvirtue NON-BINARY CHURCH OF ENGLAND VICAR RIPPED AS TAIL WAGGING THE DOG OF ANGLICANISM

As friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in the global Anglican church, the ONS has published 2021 census data which show that around 1.5 million people (3.2%) identified with an LGB+ orientation ("Gay or Lesbian", "Bisexual" or "Other sexual orientation"), comparatively few when compared with the 43.4 million people (89.4%) who identified as straight or heterosexual.

These figures illustrate the extent to which the tail wags the dog in western Anglicanism.

January 06 2023 By dvirtue Archbishop of Canterbury Refuses to Scrap Schools Guidance That Affirms 'Transgender' Five Year-Olds and Brands Dissenters 'Transphobic'

As part of the case, the parents presented international expert evidence to the DfE which revealed how transgender affirming policies lead to "catastrophic outcomes" for gender confused children.

The Rowes had taken legal action against the DfE after they and their six-year-old son were labelled "transphobic" by a CofE primary school on the Isle of Wight for refusing to "believe" in transgender affirming policies.

January 05 2023 By dvirtue Former Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth Warns of Assault on Christianity Under King Charles

'You're either a defender of the faith, or you're not.'

Following the King's Speech, Gavin Ashenden, former Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II, says he is concerned the Royal Family is becoming a 'multi-culturally, multi-faith monarchy.' pic.twitter.com/sR7x4wBOuY

King Charles Accused of Allowing Attacks on Christianity to Go Unchecked

January 04 2023 By dvirtue THE CofE’s LEADERSHIP VACUUM

In this ecclesiastical conflict the church’s leader, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has chosen to stay above the fray. He has told his denomination, and along with it the worldwide Anglican communion of which he is primus inter pares, that as long as he is in post he will keep his views on same-sex marriage in church a secret.

January 03 2023 By dvirtue CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S 'FIRST' NON-BINARY VICAR

The vicar, who works in Liverpool, said they came to terms with their gender identity while reading the story and realised: 'There's space in God's creation for change and transformation, just because you're created one way doesn't mean that you can't live another'.

Bingo also said their wife found things 'difficult' when they first came out because 'obviously you marry what you think it a straight guy and obviously things are more complicated than that'.

January 01 2023 By dvirtue WHAT ABOUT THE BISHOPS?

... is the chief pastor of all that are within his diocese, as well laity as clergy, and their father in God....

... has within his diocese jurisdiction as Ordinary....

... is, within his diocese, the principal minister, and to him belongs the right... of conducting, ordering, controlling, and authorising all services in churches..."

December 31 2022 By dvirtue A public response to the Bishop of Southwark's synod speech on Christian marriage and same-sex blessings

all clergy operate under his licence and no member of the clergy can operate without it. The Bishop is also in charge of discipline, as evident in the Ordinal:

WILL you maintain and set forward (as much as shall lie in you) quietness, peace, and love among all men; and such as be unquiet, disobedient and criminous within your Diocese, correct and punish, according to such authority as ye have by God's Word, and as to you shall be committed by the Ordinance of this Realm?

December 30 2022 By dvirtue THE DECLINE OF A FORMERLY CHRISTIAN EMPIRE

Liberal commentators have been claiming it's a fine thing to see high levels of immigration because it is immigrants propping the Church up. Well, that cannot be true if we have had record highs in immigration in recent years, reaching 1.1 million immigrants arriving in the U.K. last year, and Christian numbers keep falling. Moreover, the number of Christians is still plummeting, putting us in the minority for the first time in modern history.

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