At least thats according to Damian Thompson who is Editor of The Daily Telegraph Blogs and a journalist specialising in religion. He was once described by The Church Times as a "blood-crazed ferret". He is on Twitter as HolySmoke.
He writes: Events are moving fast. Here’s a press release issued this morning by the (anti-Ordinariate) Catholic Group in the General Synod and Reform, the Protestant pressure group. It’s basically a threat to the Synod: give us our own Church of England Ordinariate-type structure – I assume we’re talking about the “Hinge and Bracket” Society of SS Wilfrid and Hilda – or we’ll stop you ordaining women bishops. We have the numbers now, they say. I don’t want to sound melodramatic, but could this be the start of a civil war?
From: Christian News Release Service (UK)
Sent: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 9:00
Subject: Women Bishops in the CofE now to be BLOCKED after latest General Synod Election
MEDIA INFORMATION ON GENERAL SYNOD ELECTION
Following the Election of the new General Synod of the Church of England, Evangelical and Catholic Groups on Synod have now swapped lists of candidates.
The results show that 66 Clergy (32.10%) and 77 laity (35.46%) will vote against the current Women Bishop legislation unless it is amended to give those who for conscious/scriptural reasons, cannot accept WBs.
Only 34% is needed to block this when it returns from the dioceses. For the first time, it can and will be blocked by both fully ELECTED houses. In the clergy only a further 1.81% is needed, and that’s just ONE person. There are 21 new evangelicals on this new synod, and one out of a possible 58 undecided is a given!
The Bishop of Fulham’s departure to Rome, announced on Friday, was therefore a little too early and the Catholic Group on General Synod have distanced themselves from his position and will be staying within the CofE.
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