Church Of England Bishops " Will Be Allowed To Become Nuns "

[laetitia crucis]

[url="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100047249/church-of-england-bishops-will-be-allowed-to-become-nuns-according-to-synod-source/"]Church of England Bishops "will be allowed to become nuns", according to Synod source.[/url]

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14 July 2010

I thought this was a spoof at first, but it seems not: a General Synod working party is exploring whether the Church of England's male bishops can join religious orders previously reserved for women. In other words, become Anglican nuns.

As usual, the Synod's topsy-turvy ecclesiology is a mystery to me, but I gather that the idea is that bishops would be entitled to take vows in orders of nuns so that they can provide special episcopal oversight to the sisters. It's a typically ingenious Anglican response to the forthcoming ordination of women bishops. "There will be jokes about bishops in wimples, but having bishop-nuns would introduce a degree of mutual cooperation that could make the introduction of women bishops much smoother," says my Synod source.

And just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder, I learn the identity of the bishop who is rumoured to have volunteered to take nun's vows: the [url="http://nickbaines.wordpress.com/"]Rt Rev Nick Baines, Bishop of Croydon[/url], often spoken of as a successor to Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury. Says my informant: "Nick is a big fan of [i]Sister Act[/i], and we knew he was keen to 'get ahead,' as it were, so he was the obvious person to ask. And apparently he was delighted, because he's all about challenging gender stereotypes."
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[Bennn]

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There goes my 'men don't complain that they can't be nuns either' argument to refute female 'ordination'.

This has to be some kind of joke, right?

Edited July 15, 2010 by Bennn

[Dave]

But there's already such a thing as male nuns -- they're called "monks."

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Dave' date='15 July 2010 - 12:49 PM' timestamp='1279212542' post='2142996']
But there's already such a thing as male nuns -- they're called "monks."
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But monks don't wear veils... Maybe these soon-to-be-bishop-nuns have veil envy?

[Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam]

[quote]And just when I thought things couldn't get any weirder, I learn the identity of the bishop who is rumoured to have volunteered to take nun's vows: the Rt Rev Nick Baines, Bishop of Croydon, often spoken of as a successor to Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury. Says my informant: "Nick is a big fan of Sister Act, and we knew he was keen to 'get ahead,' as it were, so he was the obvious person to ask. And apparently he was delighted, because he's all about challenging gender stereotypes."[/quote]

Well Archbishop Rowan was inducted as a Druid of England. Good to see the Anglican Communion will be spearheaded by Arch-Druid Rowan Williams and Bishop-Sister Nick of Croydon.

[quote name='Dave' date='15 July 2010 - 01:49 PM' timestamp='1279212542' post='2142996']
But there's already such a thing as male nuns -- they're called "monks."
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Either that or brothers.

[Socrates]

[quote]". . . . And apparently he was delighted, because he's all about challenging gender stereotypes."[/quote]

The High Church of Political Correctness, up to its usual ridiculous shenanigans.

[Socrates]

[quote name='Dave' date='15 July 2010 - 12:49 PM' timestamp='1279212542' post='2142996']
But there's already such a thing as male nuns -- they're called "monks."
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That distinction's sexist.

[Marie-Therese]

This deserves a

[Nihil Obstat]

As Christopher Johnson said,
[quote]"How do you joke about an institution that’s fast arriving at the point where it writes better comedy about itself than you do?"[/quote]

[thessalonian]

And the insanity continues. Are they going to allow them in the convents as well. That shou;d work
with the celebacy thing.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='thessalonian' date='15 July 2010 - 04:53 PM' timestamp='1279230836' post='2143124']
And the insanity continues. Are they going to allow them in the convents as well. That shou;d work
with the celebacy thing.
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What celibacy thing? That's oppressive and unnatural you know!!

[TeresaBenedicta]

Society's never-contradicting and never-offending book of rules:

Rule #1: Diversity is a good thing. It's [i]okay[/i] to be different. Really kids, it is.

Rule #2: There can be no differences between men and women!! Anything a man can do, a woman can do!! Anything a woman can do, a man can do!! Equality!! And equality means sameness!!

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='TeresaBenedicta' date='15 July 2010 - 05:00 PM' timestamp='1279231212' post='2143129']
Society's never-contradicting and never-offending book of rules:

Rule #1: Diversity is a good thing. It's [i]okay[/i] to be different. Really kids, it is.

Rule #2: There can be no differences between men and women!! Anything a man can do, a woman can do!! Anything a woman can do, a man can do!! Equality!! And equality means sameness!!



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Anything a man can do, a woman can do just as well because they're equal! Except women are better because men are patriarchal scumbags!!!

[Seven77]

In today's culture, I'm not at all surprised that some men want to be nuns.

[ruso]

Is there still any Anglican congregation of nuns?.
I am not referring to the traditionalist Anglican Communion.