Despite the Church of England's initial unwillingness to engage with theology in its quest for unity the Eighties saw some short-lived progress, as George Austin explains in his exploration of the ecumenical debate The 1975 debate on the ordination of [...]

Stuart Seaton has been considering the sort of compromise solution that might emerge from the Guildford Group, and finds than any such proposal, by undermining the collegiality of all bishops, is likely to satisfy nobody It appears that the bishops [...]

I find much to enjoy in the life and legends of my patron saint. As a vigorous defender of the traditional faith against the liberalizing movement of his day, Bishop Nicholas was a fine role model. The rescuing of his [...]

John Heidt writing from America, is sanguine about the prospects of the Anglican Communion falling apart. He argues that there was nothing of any ecclesiological substance to be kept together in the first place I recently heard it said that [...]

Jonathan Baker has been reading the ecumenical response offered by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales to the Rochester Report, and has found it the best summary of the issues involved Time plays tricks with the processes of [...]

The question of adequate provision for episcopal oversight for Anglo-Catholic members of the Church of England’ wrote a senior spokesperson for Lambeth Palace recently, ‘does of course remain a fundamental challenge. Several models are being talked about, including the Third [...]