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Church of England to have first bishop couple
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No it is not normally allowed. Lol..... Your second question is funny.
Historically, Christian bishops are to be unmarried and male. The Catholic and Orthodox Churches do not accept Anglican or Episcopalian ordination as valid because of that and for other reasons.
LOL!
Tumah
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If their not allowed to do it, then can't they lose their jobs? I mean, I'm not fully versed in Church hierarchy but isn't a bishop higher than a regular ol' priest?
My second question wasn't mean to be a joke! I thought they are both bishops. Why aren't they both wearing bishop clothes?
Tumah
Veteran Member
I'm guessing the Church of England is either Anglican or Episcopalian? So then this isn't really news for them?
Yes, Anglican. Episcopalian is what the Anglican church in America is called.
No, it's not really news that we don't accept them. Their heretical liberalism and modernism has led to schism within the Anglican communion and some of the conservative Anglican congregations have switched allegiance to Rome. Also, the Anglican communion outside of Europe and the US tends not to be very happy with their liberalism, especially the African congregations.
HonestJoe
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Yes it is. Clergy have long been able to marry in the Church of England. After all, this couple we're already married and were both clergy. The only change is that the woman has been "promoted" to be a bishop.
I don't see how it in itself makes the slightest bit of difference to anyone. It's the consequence of things people might object to (female bishops, clergy marrying etc.) but how is the fact of two bishops being married to each other specifically an issue?
Anglican is Latin for "Church of England" (essentially).
The more conservative elements of the Anglican Communion in North American have split off into their own body, which isn't in full communion with the Church of England. Many African segments have declared themselves in dull communion with that.
Tumah
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I meant its not really news that their bishops are marrying each other.
Nada
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Yes it is. Clergy have long been able to marry in the Church of England. After all, this couple we're already married and were both clergy. The only change is that the woman has been "promoted" to be a bishop.
I don't see how it in itself makes the slightest bit of difference to anyone. It's the consequence of things people might object to (female bishops, clergy marrying etc.) but how is the fact of two bishops being married to each other specifically an issue?
Anglican is Latin for "Church of England" (essentially).
Exactly! No woman should be able to be teaching to the congregation.No woman should ever have authority.The holy scriptures makes this very clear.Also,Man can have a wife.Paul spoke about this.If a man does not have his wife in a time of need,this can lead to sexual immorality.What happens to priest who are deprived of their natural needs?
gsa
Well-Known Member
In the CoE it might be. I don't think that they approved female bishops until very recently.
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
The picture on the article isn't of the married couple, it's of a different (the first) woman bishop and an arch-bishop (hence the different clothing).
Tumah
Veteran Member
Ohh. Well that's a little misleading.
Yeah, it really is. A lot of the comments on the article are saying that, too.
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
That's very much a matter of opinion it seems. If holy scriptures made things clear, there probably wouldn't be a Church of England in the first place.
Nada
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"My second question wasn't mean to be a joke!" This is your second question. "2. Why is one all decked out and the other looks like she's looking for her sheep?"
I thought that was a joke.Sounded like one.Looking for her sheep.Lol.... So if not a joke, then this must be how people look like where you are from? When they look for sheep? Got to be the cane.Lol...
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