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Press release on Women in the Episcopate

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Ruthie Gledhill has kindly put the press release at her tumblr. It is, she says, the worst press release since the Reformation.

My understanding of it is as follows:

Changes made to the draft measure:

1) Clarification of the word “delegation” to mean legal permission to act as a bishop rather than sacramental derivation of bishoppyness;

2) Inclusion in measure of guidelines stating that pastoral provision for parishes unable to accept female bishops must be practically consistent with their theology (it isn’t enough to be assigned a male bishop; the male bishop must not ordain women). [I see this as about practical actions rather than beliefs, but I do wonder what happens if no such bishop is available.]

The draft must now go to the “Group of Six” who will decide whether the changes are substantive (in which case more bureaucracy cycles) or not (I believe it then goes to General Synod for a final vote, but it may be more complicated than that).


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