The Bish rides again
The Bishop of Durham (by this I mean, the one from about 20 years ago!) was always a big hero when I was at school, especially due to his support for the miners (did he really call Ian Mcgregor an 'elderly American'? - I've been trying to find it quoted on the web but to no avail) and his comments around the 'virgin' birth, the resurrection, etc. Also, York Minster getting stuck by lightning made us all laugh (oh I know, just a coincidence!).
Anyway, I open the newspaper today and it looks like he's back to his old form:
Church crisis as gay vicar ties the knot
The Bishop of Durham was last night taking advice on what to do after a homosexual vicar had his gay marriage blessed at a church service - flouting Church of England guidelines.
The Reverend Christopher Wardale, 59, and retired Northumbria University lecturer Malcolm Macourt, 58, tied the knot at a civil ceremony in Newcastle yesterday.
The couple later held a thanksgiving service at a local church, attended by former Bishop of Durham, Dr David Jenkins.
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But Dr Jenkins, who gave a sermon at St Thomas the Martyr church after the civil ceremony between Mr Wardale and Mr Macourt, made it clear that it was as much a service of defiance as of celebration.
He said: "I will confess to find myself both agitated and depressed by the ways in which official church bodies - not least the Roman Catholic ones and currently Anglican ones - handle matters of sexuality with unfeeling dogmatism and insensitive regulation.
Hear hear!
Can't believe he's 81. This is also a good read!
Anyway, I open the newspaper today and it looks like he's back to his old form:
Church crisis as gay vicar ties the knot
The Bishop of Durham was last night taking advice on what to do after a homosexual vicar had his gay marriage blessed at a church service - flouting Church of England guidelines.
The Reverend Christopher Wardale, 59, and retired Northumbria University lecturer Malcolm Macourt, 58, tied the knot at a civil ceremony in Newcastle yesterday.
The couple later held a thanksgiving service at a local church, attended by former Bishop of Durham, Dr David Jenkins.
....
But Dr Jenkins, who gave a sermon at St Thomas the Martyr church after the civil ceremony between Mr Wardale and Mr Macourt, made it clear that it was as much a service of defiance as of celebration.
He said: "I will confess to find myself both agitated and depressed by the ways in which official church bodies - not least the Roman Catholic ones and currently Anglican ones - handle matters of sexuality with unfeeling dogmatism and insensitive regulation.
Hear hear!
Can't believe he's 81. This is also a good read!
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