tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557921162362661008.post5214321923556993951..comments2024-03-26T07:57:53.601+00:00Comments on Miranda Threlfall-Holmes: Bishop Libby: Feeling Like A Whole ChurchMirandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09436701820363040984noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557921162362661008.post-69213845036439689492015-02-02T21:26:19.004+00:002015-02-02T21:26:19.004+00:00Miranda,
I think you probably are right, though I...Miranda, <br />I think you probably are right, though I suspect it would be more accurate to say that there's a sense of ordination being distorted rather than diminished or diluted fro hose unable to rejoice in Libby's consecration. That said, maybe "diminished" is right, in that it feels for many "Traditionalists" like a lurch towards being Protestant (since it's away from Rome). Perhaps the exact word doesn't matter. It's a gut-reaction wrongness for many, I guess, which is why it's not really amenable to rational argument. As you say, it's about feelings. Changing people's guts (their "reins" as the Psalter wonderfully has it) takes time and human encounter, and yes, prayer.Bernard Randallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557921162362661008.post-44180831644124764262015-02-02T21:18:51.803+00:002015-02-02T21:18:51.803+00:00"distaff side" surely doesn't mean w..."distaff side" surely doesn't mean what you perhaps think it does, and I'm pretty sure whatever you think it means is going to offend someone.Bernard Randallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557921162362661008.post-76009727405025460012015-01-29T09:22:32.960+00:002015-01-29T09:22:32.960+00:00A very good response, Dear Miranda, to the episcop...A very good response, Dear Miranda, to the episcopal ordination of Bishop Libby. I, too, feel that the distaff side of the arguments about women's ordination must be feeling somewhat diminished at this time, while the rest of us - who really believe in St.Paul's dictum about "In Christ, there is no difference between male and female" - are experiencing a more expanded sense of the ministry given by Christ to the Church. It is only the extension of the 'priesthood of ALL believers.<br /><br />In Aotearoa/New Zealand, we have long experience of women as both priests and bishops, and are all the more complete because of their ministry. I pray for Bishop Libby, and for those women who will also be called and ordained to follow in the footsteps of Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle of Christ.Father Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062632692873621258noreply@blogger.com