3rd Sunday after Trinity THIS Gospel comes in two parts; for a declaration of woe (verses 12-15) is omitted. The first part is Jesus’s instructions to the seventy (or seventy-two, depending on the Greek text) when he sends them out to proclaim his Kingdom message, and to ...
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Dr Joanne Grenfell to be translated from Stepney to St Edmundsbury & Ipswich THE next Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich is to be the Area Bishop of Stepney, in London diocese, Dr Joanne Grenfell, Downing Street announced on Friday.
She will be the first woman to serve as Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich.
Dr Gren...
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Get prepared for war, General Synod is to be told next month THE General Synod’s Business Committee has “laid on a very busy group of sessions” for July, the Synod’s secretary-general, William Nye, said on Thursday, as the full agenda was published.
Clergy pay, the governance of the House of Bishops, and re...
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Church of Scotland joins Scottish charities to say Scottish MPs must stand against social security cuts The Church of Scotland is joining more than 100 charities and civil society organisations to tell Scottish MPs that it's not too late to change course on controversial social security cuts. A joint letter has...
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St Paul’s Cathedral and London diocese tighten policy on prebendaries CLERGY who hold the title prebendary of St Paul’s Cathedral can maintain the title in retirement only if they have an active licence or permission to officiate (PTO) and an entry on the National Register of Clergy, the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev...
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