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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:40 PM Mar 2014

English priest shadows women bishops for a job she can’t have — yet


Adelle M. Banks

WASHINGTON (RNS) The Rev. Sue Pinnington is on a five-week mission to compile a job description for a post she’s currently not able to have: bishop.

During a recent stay in the nation’s capital, the English priest shadowed Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the first woman elected as the top leader of the Diocese of Washington. Outside a subway station, the two women imposed ashes on commuters for Ash Wednesday. Two days later, they heard the Dalai Lama at the Washington National Cathedral.

Both women said it was most important for Budde to show Pinnington the “bread and butter work” of a bishop, even though Pinnington’s Church of England does not allow women to serve as bishops — at least not yet.

“The Church of England is about to have women bishops in the next 18 months to two years, and we don’t have any clear models of how a female bishop might look,” said Pinnington, 47, the leader of St. Michael and All Angels, a parish in Houghton-le-Spring that has existed for more than 1,000 years.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/03/27/english-priest-shadows-women-bishops-job-cant-yet/
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English priest shadows women bishops for a job she can’t have — yet (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2014 OP
I think the C of E should have women bishops The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #1
When I was younger I asked Bishop Grein of NY if he got HBO with that thing. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #2
Anglicans tend to use okasha Mar 2014 #3
It just seems a bit silly for clergy to go swanning about The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2014 #4
Like most church vestments, it's symbolic, okasha Mar 2014 #5
Our bishops where it at every Eucharist. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #6
Don't they still wear those funny wigs in some courts in the UK? cbayer Mar 2014 #7

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
1. I think the C of E should have women bishops
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:46 PM
Mar 2014

but all of the bishops everywhere should ditch the silly hat. Nobody looks good in it.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
2. When I was younger I asked Bishop Grein of NY if he got HBO with that thing.
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:51 PM
Mar 2014

I like a medium sized mitre if it is too big or small it looks odd.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
3. Anglicans tend to use
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 06:54 PM
Mar 2014

a lower, more medieval style, which actually looks rather smart. The huge post- Tridentene miter seems a bit unwieldly. I notice that Francis seems to have opted for a mid-sized style.

Ooops. Meant this to post under Justin's reply.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
4. It just seems a bit silly for clergy to go swanning about
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 06:58 PM
Mar 2014

in 11th-century outfits. I appreciate tradition but I draw the line at silly hats.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
5. Like most church vestments, it's symbolic,
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 07:03 PM
Mar 2014

and some are even older than the 11th. century. The miter represents the "tongues of fire" of the Holy Spirit as it is bestowed at the bishop's consecration. They don't wear it very often--imagine a picnic on the beach while trying to hold one in place.

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