NO ONE is likely to underrate the significance of the debate on women bishops in the General Synod next month. It will shape the character of the Church of England for generations - and I'm not talking only about the decision we shall take, but about the way in which we discuss it and deal with the outcome of it.
Those who, like me, long to see a positive vote will want this for a range of reasons, which have to do with both the essential health of the Church and its credibility in our society. They are keenly aware of living with a degree of theological inconsistency.
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