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What bishop would tell a vicar: ‘You’re no longer welcome in the Church of England’?

It made the pages of the Daily Mail, so it's serious: 'Vicar resigns after being 'silenced' over a Church of England school's plan to keep an eight-year-old pupil's sex change a secret from parents', they helpfully summarise in one of…

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Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the transgender-inculcated person

March 11, 2019
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'Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man' is a Jesuit maxim attributed to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society…

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Faith, sexuality and conversion therapy: how not to do research

February 23, 2019
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This is a guest post by Dr Judith Sture. _______ We can only applaud those who wish to carry out research to help improve the lives of others. But the…

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Gender Recognition Act: could reform be used to impose same-sex marriage on the Church of England?

October 18, 2018
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"This week we will also complete our consultation on plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act," the Prime Minister confirmed in her video message at the Pink News Awards last…

Church of England Evangelical Council warns against redefining marriage

October 16, 2018
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The Church of England Evangelical Council describes itself as "a network of networks, bringing evangelicals in the Church of England together for the sake of the gospel". It was created…

A quarterback and a porn star walk into a bar…

October 8, 2018
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You might think this would be the set-up line for a bad joke, but, no, it’s for real. Amidst the typical National Football League off-season stories about murder, sexual assault,…

Bishop blocked by Twitter – for telling the truth about sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church

October 1, 2018
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That notorious purveyor of hate and guile, the Rt Rev'd Dr Gavin Ashenden, has been blocked by Twitter. Actually, the tense is wrong: he was blocked by Twitter, but recanted…

Rainbow Church, LGBT Eucharist and intolerable utterances

September 21, 2018
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This picture has not been photoshopped: it is the altar of Reading Minster draped in the rainbow flag for this year's Gay Pride festival, in order to convey to the…

There will be sex offenders in heaven (and they may be greater in the kingdom than you)

August 23, 2018
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You really don't want to commit a sex crime in the United States. Unlike other crimes, a sex crime creates certain civil liabilities for the offender that can quite literally…

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Dean of Ely reports Daily Mail to IPSO for saying Cathedral flew UKIP flag

August 22, 2018
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It beggars belief that anyone could have taken the story seriously. What dean and chapter of any cathedral would even entertain flying the UKIP flag? Oh, they'll host a Labour-supporting…

Death penalty: Pope Francis hasn’t changed the teaching; he just ‘developed doctrine’

August 5, 2018
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One of the more curious aspects of Roman Catholic apologetics is its inability to answer certain specific questions to which it should have ready answers: 1. What is the content…

CofE Safeguarding: General Synod is being managed, manipulated, duped and disrespected

June 18, 2018
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Since the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse moved the focus of its hearings away from the Church of England until returning later in July, campaigners for the reform of…

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When did Transgenderism supplant Anglican orthodoxy as a qualification for Holy Orders?

June 4, 2018
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If you believe that women may not be priests; that Holy Orders are a male preserve; that a woman may not represent Christ at the altar; that 'woman priest' is…

If the Pope can honour a pro-abortion activist, why not bless Durex?

January 15, 2018
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It is being widely reported that Pope Francis has bestowed the title of Commander in the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great upon pro-abortion activist Lilianne Ploumen, sometime…

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Jo Johnson’s muddled and aimless thinking about freedom of speech in universities

December 28, 2017
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Universities Minister Jo Johnson delivered a much-trailed (..and here, here, here...) speech about the imperative of academic freedom of speech, which he says must be guaranteed on pain of universities…

The Church of England is a compromised and compromising church – thank God!

December 14, 2017
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As we await the appointment of the next Bishop of London, some are limbering up for the next round of culture wars within the Church of England. In a 'warning'…

The General Synod of the Church of England puts same-sex relations over youth evangelism

December 1, 2017
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There is perhaps nothing more challenging in mission than the proclamation of the gospel to those who have never heard it, in a foreign land, in an unfamiliar culture, in…

Boys in tutus and tiara hysteria: media attack Church of England for totally the wrong reason

November 13, 2017
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Today's furore is caused by the Church of England's declaration that unrepentant sinners will go to hell and only Jesus can save them boys ought to be able to wear…

The compassionate origins of Tory transgender self-identification proposals

July 31, 2017
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"Maria Miller gathers up her handbag and makes to leave: 'I don’t think I’m happy about this. I think I’ve finished... I didn’t realise this was such a stitch-up'", the…

The two opposed expressions of Anglicanism

July 25, 2017
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There is a letter published in today's Telegraph signed by 23 conservative (/traditionalists/orthodox) Anglicans concerning the tensions in the Church over England (and wider Anglicanism) over same-sex marriage and other…