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NEW DIRECTIONS:
February 2006
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LEAD STORY Room for improvement Fr Paul Benfield, Member of the FiF Legal Working Party, offers an initial response to the proposals of the Guildford Report. By devising an option that was not one of the Rochester Report’s seven, they have given the Church of England a great deal more work still to be done |
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John Macquarrie Lady Margaret Professor-Emeritus from Oxford, takes note of what the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of England and Wales has said in response to Rochester |
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Lindsay Urwin ogs The Bishop of Horsham is saddened by the implications of the Guildford Report |
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John Richardson sees little evidence of Evangelicals finding scriptural support for women priests |
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George Austin continues his account of the Crockford’s Preface of 1987 and Fr Gary Bennett’s suicide |
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Francis Gardom on virtues versus values |
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Simon Heans on our misunderstanding of the purpose of the crusades |
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Robert Beaken shares a fresh expression of church from a small rural community |
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Nigel Elbourne explains why he intends to sit tight and be obstructive |
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Gerry O’Brien maintains that General Synod has no need to hasten towards women bishops |
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Thomas Lindsay insists we must make it perfectly clear that we are serious, and if needs be we will leave the CofE |
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John Hunwicke compares the Rochester and Guildford Reports, finding the latter badly deficient in its understanding of the corporate character of a bishop’s office |
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Mark Stevens General Synod’s reliance on models of parliamentary democracy undermines its own authority |
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| Musing on eternity |
Paul Griffin urges his fellow Christians to speak more about life after death |
| The Rev Green again |
Alan
Edwards shows us how to solve TV crime drama |
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REGULARS |
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| Ghostly counsel |
Andy Hawes on depression |
| Devotional | Hugh Bates on faithfulness |
| The way we live now |
Geoffrey Kirk on inadequate discussions |
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Arthur Middleton on John Cosin and bishops |
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| Patrick Reardon | The repentance of King Manasseh |
| Touching Place |
Simon Cotton: St Mary’s, Isle Abbots |
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BOOKS Earthly Powers: Religion and politics in Europe from the French Revolution to the Great War What is the point of being a Christian? The Terror: Civil war in the French Revolution Holy Terror Wisdom from Above Lifelong Learning: theological education and supervision Latinised Hymns Benedict XVI and Cardinal Newman Greek Monastery Cooking |
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