Author: Jim Naughton

Failure of the “common good”

it’s actually rather hard to find Biblical support for ‘Christianity unity’ or the common good. John 17:21 ‘they all may be one’ is made to do an awful lot of work. There’s rather a deal more in Jesus’ teaching about hating father and mothers, and setting brother against brother. ‘Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I came to bring not peace but a sword.’

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Parliament pushes back on CoE bishop decision

In response to the vote Frank Field MP, a former member of the Synod, today tabled a Presentation Bill in Parliament which seeks to remove from the statute book the exemptions from the Equality legislation that the Church of England enjoys. If passed, the Bill would make it illegal for the Church of England to discriminate against women when appointing bishops, as they currently do.

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