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February 26th, 2007

Synodical goings-on

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The General Synod of the Church of England is meeting this week to discuss the pressing issues that face us:

The Revd Canon Simon Bessant (Blackburn) to ask the Secretary General:

Q38. The Church of England Yearbook 2007 has a changed order of contents from previous editions, whereby the dioceses now precede the national structures. Who made this decision and what ecclesiological issues lie behind it?

I’m only larking around of course. They will be talking about lots of important and in-depth things. Archbishop Rowan has done his introductory talk and you can read that here. You can find all of the latest Synodical goings-on here. There is a feed so you can get things up to the minute as they happen.

[The cartoon, above, of a very small Synod, is here. You can reuse it freely on your blog by pasting the code found via that link. Lots more too.]



This is a single Cartoon Blog entry, posted by Dave on Monday, February 26th, 2007 at 3:50 pm.

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2 Responses to “Synodical goings-on”


  1. Ruth says:

    Brilliant!
    …. and this evening I’m going to the monthly meeting of my local church’s “Outreach Committee”. Same Cartoon applies….!

    February 27th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
  2. Simon Bessant says:

    As the author of the offending quotation, may I explain it? This is part of the Synod’s question time, not a debate. The question was a classic ambush to get the powers that be to explain a small detail. Once I had received the answer, I was able to ask a supplementary which made the point that the parishes are the heart of the Church of England. And I did it in such a way that got a laugh! By such small methods a member can make a key point by an unexpected route.
    Finally, if you really want to quote a dreary debate, try listening to the session we had on the ecumenial canons!

    March 5th, 2007 at 3:55 pm