Tag Archives: House of Bishops

‘We need the theology’: what has now been released, and does it answer the real questions?

Posted on November 8, 2025 by fluff35

Unusually, with the next General Synod not until February, last Wednesday Synod members received the four key documents on Living in Love and Faith (LLF) which the House of Bishops had been sent before their 15 October meeting – the … Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage | Tagged Bible, Divorce, doctrine, homosexuality, House of Bishops, legal advice, risk, sexuality | 4 Comments

Living in Love and Faith, October 2025: What’s changed?

Posted on October 28, 2025 by fluff35

Like many others, I have been reflecting on the 15 October House of Bishops announcement, which appears to say that Living in Love and Faith (LLF) has ground to a halt, with no change to the welcome given to lesbian and … Continue reading →

Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage | Tagged Canon B2, Canon B4, Canon B5, civil partnerships, delegated episcopal ministry, Divorce, House of Bishops, hymns, Prayers of Love and Faith | 2 Comments

This week in Living in Love and Faith: On the Alliance Campaign Manual

Posted on October 16, 2025 by fluff35

It’s been quite a week for Living in Love and Faith news. Yesterday, an update from the House of Bishops putting everything on hold. It was clear when the staff team for LLF was modified a few months back, with the new … Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith | Tagged Alliance, CEEC, eucharist, House of Bishops, liturgy, ordination, Prayers of Love and Faith, training | 1 Comment

Is there a quorum in the House of Bishops?

Posted on September 4, 2025 by fluff35

Just when you’d have thought that the dust had settled from Dr Ros Clarke’s Private Member’s Motion calling for an independent governance and culture review of the House of Bishops, finally the minutes appear from the May 2025 meeting of the House; so, now, … Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith | Tagged House of Bishops | 2 Comments

Yet another autumn of Living in Love and Faith

Posted on October 16, 2024 by fluff35

I am running out of titles, as another year of the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) process approaches its end; in last year’s autumn update I shared some of the dates but it has all become far more complicated … Continue reading →

Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith | Tagged Adrian Thatcher, difference, Diocesan Synod, General Synod, House of Bishops, Parliament | 1 Comment

LLF: Moving Forward as One Church

Posted on June 24, 2024 by fluff35

For those who don’t have the time or the inclination to read the latest document and the latest motion arising from Living in Love and Faith, which come to Synod in July – both in the 31-pages of GS2358 – here’s my … Continue reading →

Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage | Tagged CEEC, Church Society, ecclesiology, equal marriage, House of Bishops | 3 Comments

Removing the fiction: wrangling bishops

Posted on June 15, 2024 by fluff35

It’s one thing to say that we respect our different theological convictions, but it’s quite another to say what you believe or who you are when you know you are going to attract criticism; and when you are the one without the power, and the person to whom you are speaking has all the power. Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod | Tagged confidentiality, honesty, House of Bishops, Secretary General, transparency | 1 Comment

Transparency, trust and bishops

Posted on June 13, 2024 by fluff35

I’ve been silent on this blog for a while. Partly that’s because I haven’t been involved in the three Working Groups which have been meeting to discuss various facets of the ongoing Living in Love and Faith discussions (even though … Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith | Tagged Andrew Atherstone, Bishop Martyn Snow, history, House of Bishops, Standing Orders, transparency, trust | 1 Comment

Processing the process: LLF continues

Posted on February 5, 2024 by fluff35

After that lurch in the LLF process, once again, questions are raised about who is actually running things in the Church of England. Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith | Tagged Faith and Order Commission, House of Bishops, William Nye | 7 Comments

Resets, settlement, commitments and explorations… A further update on LLF

Posted on January 29, 2024 by fluff35

So are we going forwards, or backwards? Wherever we are going, we won’t be there for at least another year. Continue reading →

Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith | Tagged House of Bishops, Prayers of Love and Faith, settlement, Structural differentiation | 1 Comment