Open AccessThe Ordination of Women and its Impact on the Future of the Church of England
Author(s) -
Robert Brenton Betts
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.1014
Subject(s) - ordination , synod , new england , history , sociology , law , religious studies , political science , philosophy , mathematics , politics , statistics
In November of 1992, shortly after the General Synod of the Church of England voted to permit the ordination of women as priests, the Bishop of Washington was joined, like his counterpart in Boston, by a female suffragan. Most traditionalists now believe that no hope remains for them in their church and are seeking for alternatives.