Tag Archives: Synod vote on women Bishops

Tuesday 20th morning: Today’s the day

Posted on November 20, 2012 by bathwellschap

This is hardly the Guardian, but I’ll try to post some frequent short comments… There’s now a new page for the afternoon session. 12.45 I’d just lost the will to live, despite coffee and an illicit donut! Speeches not offering … Continue reading →

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November 19th: Monday afternoon – an interrupted journey…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by bathwellschap

R.  E.  S  P.  E.  C.  T “Lord knows what it means to me”, sang Aretha Franklin. We are in for a day of debate about that word tomorrow. Or are we? The papers today talk of a steady move … Continue reading →

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Monday: delayed but not denied

Posted on July 9, 2012 by bathwellschap

Well, it all came down to a vote just before lunch. And the decision was that we will refer the King’s Great Matter (or at least, the Bishops’ amendment 5(1)(c)) back to the Bishops when they meet in September. And … Continue reading →

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Saturday: straws in the wind

Posted on July 7, 2012 by bathwellschap

A visit to the tearoom today sees small huddles of people all the time, discussing ‘the King’s Great Matter’ as I have started to call it. (That’s a reference to Henry VIII and his desire to dump his wife, from … Continue reading →

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Friday: a weekend in York begins…

Posted on July 7, 2012 by bathwellschap

Friday’s events There was a lightning strike at the university during the afternoon, which killed our Internet access, and was seen by some as a divine statement about our presumption n debating women and the episcopate again… Friday afternoon’s separate … Continue reading →

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