Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Council of Forward in Faith Australia Inc respond to Bishop Kay Goldsworthy’s statement

http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/2008/12/31/the-council-of-forward-in-faith-australia-inc-respond-to-bishop-kay-goldsworthys-statement/

[Anglican Mainstream] 31 Dec 2008--The Council of Forward in Faith Australia Inc takes great exception to Bishop Kay Goldsworthy’s statement reported in the Sydney Morning Herald that those who oppose the ordination of women "will never accept that God is calling women to leadership in the church".

This denigrates the great women in the past as well as the present who are leaders in the Church. In her attempt to make this an argument about leadership she is once again diverting attention from the main issue. We in Forward in Faith do not object to women in leadership roles. We do not doubt that Bishop Goldsworthy has lawfully become a bishop within the Anglican Church in Australia.

What we question is whether she is a bishop within the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church and whether in purporting to consecrate her, the Anglican Church in Australia has forfeited its claim to be part of the Catholic Church.

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