De Omnibus Dubitandum Est.

  From the earliest days of Christianity teaching was unmistakably clear. We have the Fifth Commandment and later the most primitive Christian teaching, The Didache states: “You shall not murder a child by abortion nor kill that which is born.” This is not a later doctrinal development but part of the Church’s foundational moral witness. Which makes our present moment all the more revealing: we now have leaders of Christian Churches who do not oppose abortion in principle, but merely argue that certain forms of it “go too far.” That may pretend to be nuance but it is not. It is clearly a huge rupture. You cannot claim the moral authority of the Church while abandoning the principles that gave that authority meaning. And this failure is not abstract. Law teaches. When legislation expands abortion, it teaches that some lives are negotiable; when Church leaders fail to oppose it clearly, they reinforce that lesson. What we are witnessing is the pedagogy of the law in action, a feedbac...

  Anglican Ink reports that the "bishops" of the Church of England are facing a “Sophie’s choice” with no good options in the wake of General Synod’s February vote to permit same-sex blessings as part of the Living in Love and Faith process. A photo tweeted by one of the bishop’s present, shows the subject headings of the discussions held at the bishops’ table groups indicating they have no good options going forward. On 23 March 2023 the "bishops" met in private to discuss “proposals from the bishops which would enable same-sex couples who have marked a significant stage of their relationship such as a civil marriage or civil partnership to come to church to give thanks, offer prayers of dedication to God and to receive God’s blessing,” a statement from the Church of England Media Centre reported. The press release stated that at the London meeting the bishops reviewed concerns about the proposals and “considered how to approach the task of refining the Prayers of...