Church Times–C of E Traditionalists unhappy with working group related to women bishops practice

The Catholic Group in the General Synod was described on Wednesday morning as “incandescent” about Tuesday’s announcement of the membership of the group that will prepare the draft code of practice to accompany the women-bishops Measure.

The drafting group was set up by the House of Bishops, which has the responsibility of presenting a draft code to the General Synod.

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5 comments on “Church Times–C of E Traditionalists unhappy with working group related to women bishops practice

  1. tired says:

    So, the CoE appears to take a page from the playbook of TEC – yet another stacked committee with a predictable outcome.

    It would be much more efficient and honest if the reappraisers and ‘moderate’ enablers simply excommunicated traditional, reasserting believers, and got on with their innovations du jour.

    🙄

  2. evan miller says:

    What a slap in the face to the very people the code of practice is suppossed to protect. Utterly shameful.

  3. driver8 says:

    The Catholic Group seems to have interpreted the message correctly. At what point do they move beyond “And this is the final straw, just one more thing and I will…”

  4. Bookworm(God keep Snarkster) says:

    Oh, wow, the CoE is just as inclusive as TEC.

  5. rugbyplayingpriest says:

    the latest shameful fact in a shoddy betrayal spanning several years