It’s out and it’s brilliant. [gview file=”https://www.peter-ould.net/wp-content/uploads/s-s-marriage.pdf” height=”600″ width=”700″ save=”1″] Lots of media reports this morning. Independent - Gay marriage is one of worst threats in 500 years, says Church of England Telegraph – Gay marriage raises prospect of disestablishment Guardian – …

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News comes to me from Chichester Diocese that the flawed Changing Attitude “Survey” that was issued last year has been reissued again. Apparently production values are not very high, with what is being described as “a photocopy of a photocopy” coming …

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A reminder of some words I wrote a year ago. — The core of the argument against having Jeffrey John as the Bishop was laid out in a legal opinion offered from the legal team at Church House. In it they suggested …

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A story that has been doing the rounds on the internet for the past week has finally made it to the mainstream media (but not into print yet). Here’s the Daily Telegraph on a kerfuffle in Southwark Diocese. Peter Gowlland, …

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Really, are we all getting excited over this? Sir, A number of recent statements by church leaders past and present may have given the mistaken impression that the Church is universally opposed to the extension of civil marriage to same-sex …

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The Church of England’s Research and Statistics Department (OK, technically the Archbishops’ Council’s Research and Statistics Department) has released figures for the past decade or so’s attendances at Cathedrals. The headline figures are encouraging, showing a growth in attendance of …

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