With the news this morning that Jeffrey John has apparently been short-listed for Durham, I thought it would be worth just exploring again what the House of Bishops intended when they issued their Pastoral Statement on Civil Partnerships and what …

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Andrew Goddard has a stonking piece out on Fulcrum on “Men and Women”. There has been little or no new serious theological reasoning advanced as to why the original view of the bishops about civil partnerships was wrong.  Without that being offered, there …

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There has been much fuss over the past week or so to do with the publication by the Church of England Faith and Order Committee (FaOC) of their report “Men and Women in Marriage“. I want to briefly explore two …

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As I tweeted earlier today, George Kovoor has resigned as Principal of Trinity College Bristol. Revd Canon George Iype Kovoor has announced his departure from Trinity College Bristol at the end of the summer term having served as its Principal …

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The Deanery Synod in Jersey met last night and adopted the following motion. This Deanery Synod expresses its deep concern that the Commission of  the Very Reverend Robert Key, Dean of Jersey, should have been withdrawn, and requests the Bishop …

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