Anglican

Does it matter if Church of England parishes wither on the vine?

At the inaugural meeting of 'Save the Parish' this week at Great St Bartholomew's in Smithfield, London, the Rev'd Marcus Walker was animated and agitated. Time is short, he told us. The ancient parishes of the Church of England are…

Church of England schism: a timely new reformation or tit-for-tat boundary pushing?

May 12, 2017
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On 31st October 1517, an obscure Catholic monk called Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of All Saints', the Castle Church in Wittenberg, protesting at the sale…

"What ceremony else?" Church of England to reform burial of suicides

January 7, 2015
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"What ceremony else?" cries Laertes in Hamlet, as his dead sister Ophelia is buried to a single tolling bell with a meagre liturgy, as all suspected suicides used to…

In 10 years time women bishops will be no more

December 19, 2014
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"Who is Libby Lane?" was the corporate cry that went up on Wednesday as she was introduced to the world as the Church of England's very first woman bishop.…

Rochester & Strood: the Christian case for supporting Mark Reckless

November 2, 2014
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According to the latest opinion polls on the wacky race for Rochester & Strood, the suave, educated, cultured and erudite Peter Perfect Mark Reckless is blazing ahead for Ukip,…

How to prevent the extinction of the Church of England

October 24, 2014
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If anyone isn’t aware that the Church of England is slowly walking down the statistical road to oblivion, the publication of the 2015 British Election Study last week should…

Rev'd Canon Dr (Labour) denounces South Yorkshire police officer (Ukip)

October 17, 2014
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The Rev'd Canon Dr Alan Billings is a retired vicar of some academic standing: not only was he a member of the respected Youth Justice Board, he was director…

Discerning the future of the Church is not an intellectual exercise

October 12, 2014
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When I was at university studying Architecture, we were given the hypothetical brief of designing a new chapel for the campus. Having looked forward to it initially, it actually became…