http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2010/02/07/signs-of-sanity/ "Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise thee" -- George Herbert (1633) Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/2010/02/07/signs-of-sanity/comment-page-1/#comment-3684 Father Ron Smith Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:51:54 +0000 http://www.sevenwholedays.org/?p=2426#comment-3684 We in New Zealand are by now used to the idea of women bishops. My own Bishop happens to have been a Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada, before being appointed to my Diocese of Christchurch. Far from causing consternation, her election has brought renewed confidence into the Diocese, and augurs well for the future of our Church. Perhaps the Church of England has to actually elect women as Bishops before their true value becomes known. "By their fruits you will know them!" We in New Zealand are by now used to the idea of women bishops. My own Bishop happens to have been a Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada, before being appointed to my Diocese of Christchurch. Far from causing consternation, her election has brought renewed confidence into the Diocese, and augurs well for the future of our Church. Perhaps the Church of England has to actually elect women as Bishops before their true value becomes known. “By their fruits you will know them!”

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