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Article: Migrating Anglo-Catholics: a tangled past & future. (acceptance of female priests by Church of England)
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- Commonweal
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- June 4, 1993
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The Reverend John Broadhurst's question hangs in the air like the smoke from his cigar. "What," he asks, "is the point at which an individual cannot walk down the same road in fellowship with another?" He leans his head back, takes a thoughtful drag. "At what point does a difference become a division?"
A leader of the Anglo-Catholic opposition to female priests in the Church of England, Broadhurst is responsible for pondering such fundamental queries. The church's ruling body, the General Synod, shocked Anglican conservatives on November 11, 1992, by voting in favor of female priests, jerking tears of joy from one side of the debate, tears of grief from the other. ...