Comments on: Pope Benedict XVI has approved a structure for admitting large groups of Anglicans wishing to come into communion with the Catholic Church http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/10/20/pope-benedict-xvi-approved-structure-admitting-large-groups-anglicans-wishing-communion-catholic-church/ I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BackPew http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2009/10/20/pope-benedict-xvi-approved-structure-admitting-large-groups-anglicans-wishing-communion-catholic-church/comment-page-1/#comment-6628 BackPew Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:44:32 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=6967#comment-6628 More prejudice against women. Let's see: some Anglicans protest against the ordination of women and appeal to Rome for acceptance. Rome creates an opening that allows disgruntled, anti-women, former Anglicans to "enter into full communion with the church". Without the issue of ordination of women, neither of these parties would be even remotely interested in the other; they are bound only by their belief that women are somehow not qualified to the work of God on earth. The church even hypocritically alters it's own "personnel policy" by accepting married anglicans to become part of the all male, "celibate" clergy. The inconsistency is as troubling as the misogyny. It seems the church is beginning to feel a little boxed in by the issue of who is qualified to become a priest and who is not. They are slowly giving ground on celibacy issue, and rightfully so. In time, if it isn't too late, it will also be forced to accept women as priests also. If the church is good at anything, it is good at surviving - when the ordination of women becomes an issue of survival - and it will - women will be ordained. To think God would have a preference of gender among our species to do His work is absurd. The Church is trying to give the impression it is being welcoming and ecumenical by opening its' doors to this group. On the contrary, the church looks small minded and desperate by supporting a group opposed to women who are called by God to serve Him More prejudice against women. Let’s see: some Anglicans protest against the ordination of women and appeal to Rome for acceptance. Rome creates an opening that allows disgruntled, anti-women, former Anglicans to “enter into full communion with the church”. Without the issue of ordination of women, neither of these parties would be even remotely interested in the other; they are bound only by their belief that women are somehow not qualified to the work of God on earth.

The church even hypocritically alters it’s own “personnel policy” by accepting married anglicans to become part of the all male, “celibate” clergy. The inconsistency is as troubling as the misogyny.

It seems the church is beginning to feel a little boxed in by the issue of who is qualified to become a priest and who is not. They are slowly giving ground on celibacy issue, and rightfully so. In time, if it isn’t too late, it will also be forced to accept women as priests also. If the church is good at anything, it is good at surviving – when the ordination of women becomes an issue of survival – and it will – women will be ordained.

To think God would have a preference of gender among our species to do His work is absurd. The Church is trying to give the impression it is being welcoming and ecumenical by opening its’ doors to this group. On the contrary, the church looks small minded and desperate by supporting a group opposed to women who are called by God to serve Him

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