{"id":280,"date":"2012-11-20T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=280"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T16:39:43","slug":"please-can-we-now-do-women-bishops-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=280","title":{"rendered":"Please can we now do women bishops the right way?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three step process: <\/p>\n

1. Formally decide that the period of reception is at an end, and that the Church of England definitively accepts women priests.
2. Construct a generous, loving – dare I say ‘Christian’ – settlement with all those who on reasons of conscience cannot accept #1, involving transfer of property and so on – at least one new denomination, but let’s be fraternal about it.
3. Synod passes a remarkably simple single-clause measure bringing in women bishops by unanimous consent. <\/p>\n

Is it really so hard to do things the right way, rather than descending into so much appalling political bickering?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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