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" Bishops in Communion? The Unity of the Episcopate, the Unity of the Diocese and the Unity of the Church "
Paul Avis

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065789
Doc. No	:	LA109418
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01303003‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Paul Avis
Title & Author	:	Bishops in Communion? The Unity of the Episcopate, the Unity of the Diocese and the Unity of the Church [Article]\ Paul Avis
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Ecclesiology
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	13/3
Page No	:	299–323
Abstract	:	This article addresses the current state of ecclesiological dissonance in the Church of England and analyses the theological and pastoral issues that are at stake. It tackles the two ecclesiological anomalies that now face the church and compromise its received polity. (a) The College of Bishops includes bishops who are unable to recognise the priestly and episcopal orders of their female colleagues and are unable to be in full sacramental communion with them. This situation raises the question of the ecclesial integrity of the College of Bishops: is there now a single College? (b) Some bishops are unable in conscience to recognise the priestly ordination of some clergy – male as well as female – within their diocese because these clergy are female or have been ordained by a female bishop. Is it possible for the bishop, in that situation, to exercise a full episcopal ministry in relation to those female clergy? The article goes on to explore, by means of the concepts of reception, economy and charity, whether a modus vivendi is possible that would enable the Church of England to live with these two anomalies with theological integrity.
Descriptor	:	Anglican ecclesiology
Descriptor	:	Church of England
Descriptor	:	economy
Descriptor	:	episcopacy
Descriptor	:	impaired communion
Descriptor	:	reception
Descriptor	:	women bishops
Descriptor	:	women priests
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17455316-01303003‬