IN BRINGING to the General Synod a private member's motion recommending a relaxation of canon law as it pertains to clergy vestments, the Vicar of St Thomas's, Oakwood, in north London, the Revd Christopher Hobbs, is aware that "it might be better to let sleeping dogs lie."
"Bishops never make a fuss about it, but potentially they could; so it would be better if the law was changed, in my mind, to reflect reality rather than just have it there on the books," he said last week. Although it may come as news to members of some congregations, who may be more accustomed to seeing their priest in a V-neck sweater than a surplice, canon law prescribes particular choices for the correct vesture of a minister.
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