FIF UPDATE
Resolutions passed by the 2002 National Assembly: 2002/01 That the Forward in Faith Constitution be amended by the insertion of a new clause numbered d) in Paragraph 5 b) i) as follows: One member, either clerical or lay, to be [...]
Resolutions passed by the 2002 National Assembly: 2002/01 That the Forward in Faith Constitution be amended by the insertion of a new clause numbered d) in Paragraph 5 b) i) as follows: One member, either clerical or lay, to be [...]
Armageddon? George Austin on the Iraqi crisis You know you are getting old when events you remember almost as yesterday (or perhaps the day before yesterday) become part of the history syllabus. This came home to me the other day [...]
Rowan Williams as World Leader of the Communion The particular path trodden to Lambeth Palace by the Archbishop of Wales, strewn as it has been with unseemly publicity leaks and world-wide media speculation, means that, by the time of his [...]
Wistful yearnings for a bygone age THE VICTORIANS AN Wilson. Hutchinson, 723pp, hbk 0 09 179421 8 £25.00 Kindly Light; Wise Virgin; Love Unknown; Incline our Hearts; A Bottle in the Smoke. As the titles of some of his novels [...]
Into Deeper Place* Continuing a process that began when they met in Vermont just days after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the House of Bishops, at its interim meeting in Cleveland September 26 October, explored a model for [...]
Evangelicals and Dr Williams From time to time the press gets the opportunity to treat the Church of England as though it was some kind of second rate political party. Like bees to a honeypot, or vultures to a corpse, [...]
Avon Ladies That the Church of England is facing a financial crisis is no news to anyone who reads this paper. That the crisis is more serious than anyone in authority has thus far admitted will equally come as no [...]
A rock in full sail heading for eternity The two rocks emerge from the sea like the sails of giant schooners bending against the onslaught of the Atlantic winds. Often trails of water vapour issue from the upper reaches of [...]
NO SMOKE Prayers of Protestants were answered at the Sacred Synod evening prayer last month when Fr Brandie’s exuberant thruible set off the fire alarms at the Emmanuel Centre. The resolutely reformed technology cannot be shut down apparently and reacts [...]
I am a huge fan of The Vicar of Dibley. Like so many others, I enjoy each year’s cycle of repeats. I had also guessed that it must have done a lot to promote the cause of women priests – [...]