tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post4266062040873806938..comments2024-03-29T13:45:23.009+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: The EpiscopettesDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-82295188351157936482013-02-08T22:36:22.367+00:002013-02-08T22:36:22.367+00:00It is going to be eight, apparently. "Chosen ...It is going to be eight, apparently. "Chosen regionally" from among "existing dignitaries". You are right that it wants watching. Give it two years and they will be "ordaining" other women. But if it's eight, then applying your suggestion really would make things very interesting. That's why it won't happen, I don't need to tell you.<br /><br />In this ecumenical age, though, how about building on the existing ecumenical representatives on General Synod? The House of Bishops could feature a women from each of the Baptist Union, the black-led churches, the Church of Scotland, the Methodists, the Moravians, the Eastern Orthodox, the Roman Catholics, the URC and the Copts. Plus maybe one non-Anglican woman from the Evangelical Alliance to make it up to a nice round 10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com