"Forward in Faith is delighted to welcome the announcement made today that the next Bishop of Ebbsfleet is to be the Revd Dr Jonathan Baker ssc, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford and Secretary of Forward in Faith, and that the next Bishop of Richborough is to be the Revd Norman Banks ssc, Vicar of Walsingham, Houghton and Barsham, Rural Dean of Burnham and Walsingham and Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen."Whatever our own views may be on the future and on the true theological and historical significance of the crisis facing traditional Anglo-Catholics, this news can only be welcomed by those now in the Church of England who seek to "hold and teach the catholic faith that comes to us from the apostles."
"This, then is our desert: to live facing despair, but not to consent. To trample it down under hope in the Cross. To wage war against despair unceasingly. That war is our wilderness. If we wage it courageously, we will find Christ at our side. If we cannot face it, we will never find him."
Thursday, 5 May 2011
New bishops for England
The appointment of new bishops of Ebbsfleet and Richborough has been anounced today. The statement from Forward in Faith is here
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O to be in England
ReplyDeleteWith trusty Rowan there,
Not stuck here with Barry
Who really doesn't care.
Now he's asked Lord Harris
to tell him what to do;
And what will be the outcome?
Deeper in the ***!
(Apologies to Browning)