tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post3607364218774306223..comments2023-12-24T12:00:43.714-05:00Comments on Tune: Kings Lynn: The Synod FlinchesC. Wingatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post-62708418919259009422012-11-28T09:51:42.842-05:002012-11-28T09:51:42.842-05:00There isa reason, and that is charity. No particul...There <i>is</i>a reason, and that is charity. No particular woman as a right to a bishopric, after all, and the notion that there is some obligation to have as many women as men is simply a way of claiming a right to a bishopric.<br /><br />Nor do I see a right to put a woman over any specific parish, which is exactly where this is heading if it isn't thwarted. I'll have some more to say on that shortly, but I see nothing wrong with a temporary expedient (such as in fact already exists in the C of E) to avoid putting people on the spot.<br /> C. Wingatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13335513246185768918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586866.post-23229386481924816432012-11-24T12:34:18.843-05:002012-11-24T12:34:18.843-05:00When I was an Episcopalian, I had to be careful ab...When I was an Episcopalian, I had to be careful about saying it, but I've not been one for years, and so I can say that I always did have misgivings about women's ordination. That, however, is beside the point. It makes absolutely no sense at all to have women priests without the possibility of having women bishops. The overwhelming success of women's orders has made it largely a matter of right, and there is no argument from theology that has not already been swept aside by the argument from right. Tradition provides us no help here, either; once we stopped caring that there is absolutely no historical precedent for women priests, there was no reason at all to care whether there is any historical precedent for women bishops either.<br /><br />The Church of England got it wrong here. At most, what they've done is kicked the can down the road, and allowed those few traditionalists who really would abandon the church over women bishops to remain in the CoE for another five years. I doubt Parliament will take action; anything it did really would sound the death knell of the CoE, turning into a British version of TEC and destroying any pretense of a national church. I pray this does not happen. Jon in the Natinoreply@blogger.com