tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227944112880631342.post3457828107389782629..comments2023-08-08T10:09:05.305+01:00Comments on Sevenoaks, St John the Baptist: Of Holy OrdersFr Ivan D Aquilinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14270373758808070200noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227944112880631342.post-67951204454889513772009-10-09T20:51:46.947+01:002009-10-09T20:51:46.947+01:00It still entails the PEVs or their updated version...It still entails the PEVs or their updated versions to be 'in communion' with women who think they are bishops but are not; so it will not do.Edwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213363119774322096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227944112880631342.post-13332928005149332512009-10-09T17:51:09.560+01:002009-10-09T17:51:09.560+01:00The use of the word "statute" in the Rev...The use of the word "statute" in the Revision Committee's press release is unfortunate, because it raises an unnecessary Erastian hare.<br /><br />Paragraph 4 shows that the reference is to the Measure that would be passed by the General Synod to enable the consecration of women as bishops (and not to a (secular) Act of Parliament).<br /><br />Synodical Measures are considered to be part of statute law (hence the use of the term here), but obviously aren't statutes in the everyday sense of the word.Sir Watkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000106556898498656noreply@blogger.com