Well the Church of England has (once again) distanced itself even more from the One True Faith by allowing women "Bishops". The result was greeted by some in a rather undignified manner with cheering, champagne drinking and even dramatic tears by several female members of the church.
I must say that most of the arguments, at least those that I heard, on the radio and TV by those in favour of the idea weren't based on the Bible, tradition or theology. Perhaps that's too much of an orthodox way of decisions being made? Instead appeals were made to vague terms which modern society loves such as "inclusivity", "equality" etc. all of which are also being used many of the same people to justify sodomy with the usual "Jesus was bound by his times, society has moved on" nonsense added on for effect.
All of this really begs the question as to why a church should be so obsessed with such nonsence as "inclusivity" and "being relevant to today's society"? Well the simple answer is that their quest to be inclusive, to fit in with what modern society calls "good", they've forgotten the Jesus of the Gospels and Tradition and prefer their own watered down, soft, inclusive, non-judging Jesus which conforms to the tastes of our neo-pagan society, which in turn doesn't care about Jesus either. To any Orthodox minded Christian it's clear that the CofE as an institution by wishing more and more to "appeal to the modern world" it is in fact making itself an even more irrelevant form of Christianity and rather than seeking to bring modern society to Christ it is instead subjective to it's wims.
So, what does the Catholic Church say about the possibility of female priests? Gladly, the matter has already been decided authoritatively by John Paul II who stated: "the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful".
If you'd like to read the full declaration the text can be found here:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19940522_ordinatio-sacerdotalis_en.html
So could there be any positives to be taken from this?
Well, of course. The state of the CofE should really be cause for Catholics to thank God for the objective authority that He gave His One True Church to decide such matters and this whole debacle has certainly re-affirmed my faith in the True Church.
It could also be a great opportunity (and we should pray for this) for many people to take advantage of the Ordinariate and come home to the Catholic Church. The following links may be useful for anyone reading reading this who is considering the Catholic Church:
http://www.ordinariate.org.uk/
http://chnetwork.org/media/journeyhome/
On a slightly different note, but still a positive one, this decision has surely hammered another nail the ecumenical movement's coffin and should highlight even more that the only way to true unity comes from conversion to the Catholic Faith; there simply is no other way. There is already unity within the Body of Christ and we need to bring people in to that and not water down the truth until it includes everyone already. As one Bishop said, "it's all fine saying we're all together, that we are one, but you'll only really know it when you start walking" [paraphrased]. For all the friendliness that comes through eccumenical relations it's clear that the CofE and the Catholic Church are not only miles apart but also walking in two different direction. Baring a miracle there is no hope of unity now as the CofE as an organisation chooses modern society over Truth, and in doing so drifts further and further from Christ.
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