Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
As we approach the fi rst anniversary of those disgraceful scenes in York last July when members of the General Synod chose to ignore the clear advice of both archbishops and opted instead for provision for traditionalists to be made via a so-called ”˜code of practice’, I thought that you would appreciate a brief outline of where we are.
I know only too well how isolated many of you are feeling and how frustrating it is to have to wait upon events which are outside our control. Last summer, there were those who argued that it was all over and that we had lost the battle to achieve suitable provision for those of us who cannot in conscience receive the ordination of women. Others ”“ and I include myself in their number ”“ took the view that we could not know our position until the synodical process was complete.
Hope springs eternal. “But this ship can’t sink!” J. Bruce Ismay
Probably wishful thinking. But FiF has made a courageous stand and given its members many more years in the CoE than one would have thought possible. They were well instructed by observing what happened to their constituency in TEC and declined to co-operate in their own extermination.
Austin,
It is wishful thinking, and I lived it for a time. It was quite a pleasant time, at that. Reality hits harder, though, when you’ve been under the “gas” for a while. So, Fif, God Bless them, might need to feel how the drill feels without the shot. Pain does encourage decision-making.