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Reverend Paul Williamson
interrupts the consecration Church of England's first female bishop, Libby Lane
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Why
I Objected
by
Paul Williamson
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I have been asked why, on St. Timothy day in York
Minster, I stood up to object during the ordination of Libby Lane as the first
woman bishop of the Church of England. I am happy to give an answer: I stood
out of love for the church for which I have served as a pastor for forty-one
years and out of respect for the gospel which it proclaims.
In the Church of England when a priest is
commissioned with the laying on of hands and with prayer for the Holy Spirit, a
Bible is given as a sign of Authority to minister in the name of the Church.
How can the archbishop of York purport to make a woman a bishop, and give her a
Bible as the sign of her episcopal authority, when in that very Bible there is
no authority for a woman bishop? In 1 Timothy 3.1,2 we are told that “the
bishop is the husband of one wife.” To be a bishop was to be a man. How have
some arrived at a reversal of this view?
One attempt at explanation makes reference to
procedure. They tell us that the synod has voted for it, and the parliament has
agreed. I ask, do the synod and parliament have authority over the Bible?
Clearly they do not. God has not given it to them.
Two thousand years ago God chose the woman, Blessed
Mary, to be the mother of his only begotten son. That son, our lord Jesus
Christ, chose twelve men to continue his work on earth, and they chose men to
be bishops who chose men to be priests. In this, Christ gave us a model on
which we should hesitate to think we can improve.
God the Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the New
Testament in the Bible. How can we now say that God got it wrong ? How can we
claim that the Holy Spirit now tells us that women are to become bishops and
priests when it could just as well be said that the Holy Spirit at one time
guided the Church to keep a male ministry of Bishops, priests, and deacons? How
can we credit such a reversal to a God who is described as eternal and
unchanging, and the Son of God who is described as the same yesterday, today,
and forever?
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Things Joyce Meyer Never
Said: “Turn in your Bibles to 1 Timothy 2:12”
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We describe holy orders of Bishop, priest, and
deacon as a sacrament. A sacrament has to have the correct matter of form and
words. So at the Altar at Mass (Holy Communion) Jesus took bread and wine, and
said “This is my Body—this is my Blood” and we cannot change to a hamburger and
coke because that is the most popular food today. We cannot marry a man to a
man because Holy Matrimony is one man married to one woman. And so we cannot
put a woman in the place of the man in Holy Orders.
We should not fear to show confidence in the Bible.
To do otherwise is arrogance and folly.
Paul
Williamson is the rector of St. George’s Church Hanworth.
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Timothy 2:12 is something Joyce Meyer will never preach.
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Protester disrupts consecration of first
female bishop
Published on Jan 26, 2015
The
Church of England's first female bishop has been consecrated in a historic
service which was disrupted by a lone protester.
The
Reverend Libby Lane, who was trained in Durham, was ordained as the eighth
Bishop of Stockport during a service at York Minster.
The
move ends centuries of all male leadership in the Church. The protest happened
around an hour into the service as the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu,
asked the congregation if it was their will that Rev Lane was ordained.
As
the congregation of nearly 2,000 people replied "It is", a man
stepped forward near the altar and shouted:
"No.
Not in my name. "Not in the Bible. With respect, Your Grace, I ask to
speak on this absolute impediment, please."
Dr
Sentamu read out a pre-prepared statement and repeated his question.
There
was no further interruption and the service continued.
A
Church of England spokesman said the protester was Rev Paul Williamson.
The
spokesman described Rev Williamson as a "serial protester" and said
they were expecting him to attend.
He
said: "He's got the right to protest but the contrast was between a lone
voice protesting and a sea of voices affirming."
BBC News First woman bishop Key moments from York Minster ceremony
Published on Jan 26, 2015
The
Church of England has consecrated its first female bishop during a ceremony at
York Minster. The Reverend Libby Lane, 48, has been ordained as the new Bishop
of Stockport in front of more than 1,000 people. Here you can watch a montage
of key moments from the ceremony.
Bishop Protest
Reverend “Female Bishops Not Found In
Bible“
Sky News Published on Jan 26, 2015
The
consecration of the Church of England's first woman bishop was met with a lone
voice of protest froom Reverend Paul Williamson. Full story:
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