The Church of England “needs strong Catholic hearts and voices” to defeat the proposed legislation on women bishops, a group of Anglo-Catholic bishops said in an open letter to their constituency last week.
The letter is signed by 15 bishops from Forward in Faith, including the Bishop of FulÂham, the Rt Revd John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Chichester, Dr John Hind, and the three Provincial EpisÂcopal Visitors. It urges traditionalists to “engage in the debate and discussion” when the legislation from General Synod goes to the dioceses, which is the next stage in the process.
The Bishops urge their supporters to be “active in the election process for the next quinquennium of the General Synod when the two-thirds majority in each House will be required if the legislation is to pass”.
The Bishops say these are “grave times” for the Church of England. Bringing in women bishops will mean a “disastrous cost to Catholic unity”, and will “not provide room for our tradition to grow and flourish”.
The more I read these people, the more they sound like they’re playing games.