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Michael Hayden
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Michael Hayden
@michael__hayden
Chaplain to the Bishop of Ebbsfleet. Northern Irish. Bookworm. History geek. English Reformation. Perkins. All views my own. Except I’m not that original.
Norwich Katılım Haziran 2010
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@WalkerMarcus If there's a concern about capacity, chuck out all of the party hacks. CTRL-F for everyone appointed to the Lords in a resignation honours list would be a good start.
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@2D0XPS @KingCrawa @NiceColorsss @DOMA_Misconduct Con Evos have definitely been applying for senior posts. Some have even made it to shortlists. But no appointments yet…
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@KingCrawa @NiceColorsss @DOMA_Misconduct Tom Carpenter, Archdeacon of Chichester (apptd 2025)
There are no Trad Caths on Cathedral staff and no Con Evos in senior clergy positions at all, other than +Ebbsfleet.
That might be because none have applied, but in itself raises a question: why?
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WATCH are quite right to highlight that Mutual Flourishing is known to be one sided, which is why in the 12 years since it was implemented the number of Trad Catholics or Complementarian Evos who have been appointed to non PEV posts can be counted on one hand. 1/
Women and the Church@WATCH_ACT
Is it possible that a man cd be made #BishopofLondon who opposes equality for women in the @churchofengland when #MutualFlourishing is known, despite the omertà, to have been one sided, & leaders haven’t implemented the review recommendations which wd be a minimal precondition.
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@MadsDavies But those calling to rescind the Settlement are never calling to go back to the situation pre-2014. They want to keep what they got—female bishops (and an archbishop)—but take away the provision that was offered on the other side.
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@MadsDavies This is, of course, a flagrant breach of the 2014 Settlement, but WATCH won't care about that. I know of no Trad-Cath or Complementarian Evangelical who is calling to reverse the Settlement and depose female bishops.
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A petition calling for a bar on the appointment of diocesan bishops who do not accept the ordination of women has been launched by Women and the Church (WATCH).
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…
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@2D0XPS @MoreAvocadoes Nothing will ever top If-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barbon.
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@MoreAvocadoes It's the literal translation of Joseph, but his parents named him it because of "the never-to-be-forgotten increase, of every sort, wherewith God favoured the country about the time of his nativity."
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Actual Puritans being more reasonable than the Green Party on the issue. 🍷
(We’ve got to start calling people things like ‘Increase’ again)
Daniel Heaton@2D0XPS
We should stop accusing the "No pints at lunch" crowd of Puritanism Drink is in itself a good creature of God, and to be received with thankfulness, but the abuse of drink is from Satan; the wine is from God, but the drunkard is from the Devil. —Increase Mather, 1673
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@tc1415 Don't say that too loudly, or the Leadbeatter/Falconer group will actually do it 🙈
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Quick, quick, quick, JR it! Get Lady Hale out of retirement and have her sit as a deputy. Quick!
Look at all that time Parliament won't be sitting. It's terrible. Quick!!!!!
Jack Doyle@jdoyle597
The King held a Privy Council yesterday afternoon at which an order was approved for the Prorogation of Parliament on a date between 29th April and 6th May until State Opening on 13th May.
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@MAMBarLife I'm baffled beyond belief that the Chair of the CCRC is arguing so hard to water down the right to a full and fair trial, and to appeal if necessary.
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It’s not a “demand” but the legal right to “elect” to have a case tried at the Crown Court usually after taking legal advice.
“Smaller” ? To the person who has not been in trouble before & possibly faces a career end or family break up if convicted, it’s not small at all.
Vera Baird DBE KC@VeraBaird
Massive delays from defendants in smaller cases demanding jury trial can only be stopped by this proportionate restructuring proposed by Leveson
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@MarkHillKC Both +Ebbsfleet and the AC PEVs were there in good conscience.
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@charliebelllive Did the Bishop of Ebbsfleet follow his conscience and stay away?
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@john_ritzema @WATCH_ACT @churchofengland @ArchbishopSarah And +York's was an evensong. I've gone all the way back to Cosmo Lang, and still haven't found an example of an ABC being enthroned in the context of a service of the Lord's Supper. Would be interested to know if it's *ever* happened.
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@AimeTim Given that Archbishop Sarah was bishop north of the river, and even started from St Paul's, I particularly enjoy the implication that North London doesn't even exist on this map.
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The official map published to show the Archbishop of Canterbury's pilgrimage route to her installation in Canterbury Cathedral next week looks like something Sir Francis Drake would have used to circumnavigate the Magellan Strait in the sixteenth century.
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@2D0XPS These came out when I was at primary school. Worth much more than £5 in playground cred if you’d got one in your pocket money.
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If someone gave me a George Best fiver, I'd have sworn they were having me on. What were Ulster Bank thinking?
Daniel Heaton@2D0XPS
Four people have been on the back of a fiver before Churchill: Britannia, the Duke of Wellington, George Stevenson and Elizabeth Fry. Before that it was a lion and before that the back was blank. This really isn't the major issue people are making it out to be.
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Michael Hayden retweetledi
This from @Geoffrey_Cox was titanic - a truly beautiful speech.
He outshone those sat opposite. They could only watch. And nervously laugh.
This should be seen by every new MP to understand what they do, & every new barrister to understand what we do.
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@GordonFbpe @ItsTheDumbAges This is simply untrue. A look at the ‘sermon card‘ on their website shows all of their upcoming communion services.
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@ItsTheDumbAges You do know that according to their website, they never celebrate the Eucharist which is a) against canon law and b) against Christ's direct instruction..
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My post about going to All Souls Langham Place on Sunday got a lot of likes, more comments than I'm used to and sparked off other threads, it seems.
It's also caused a lot of reflection and prayer on my part. I've yet to come to the kind of snappy conclusion I can pop in a post. Even the question of whether I'm going to return there next Sunday remains moot.
Being a Christian is hard. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
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@atticusfinch104 @2D0XPS @AP_Davison I can ask +Rob when he's back from travelling what his exact thesis title was (it was RTS Orlando he studied the DMin through), but I know it was an exploration of a Reformed theology of healing ministry
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@2D0XPS @AP_Davison how many have Lambeth degrees?
Rob Munroe's is from an American Theological College and is a Doctor of Ministry (he was my local Rector)
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A predicament for @churchofengland when so many of the bishops you could have a theological conversation with are about to retire, or have just retired. Really, the situation is dire, and just when people – young inquirers in particular – want theological depth. 1/2
Church Times@ChurchTimes
The Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, is to retire in September, he announced in Lichfield Cathedral on Monday, during the St Chad’s Day festal evensong #bishopsretirement #churchnews #churchtimes #Echobox=1772551699" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…
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@2D0XPS @AP_Davison Fiona Gibson's was 'Unmasking the “Noonday Demon” in the 21st Century : An Exploration of Theological Anthropology and Hamartiology by Way of Close Examination of the Vice of Acedia'
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@AP_Davison By my count, there are 27 bishops (26%) with doctorates. Where I can, I've put their thesis title: not all are theological.
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I would’ve thought that would be better for a former Church to become a mosque and still participate in the worship of God then it would be for it to become a lap dancing club…..
Kaya Burgess@kayaburgess
I've been looking into Reform's pledge to stop churches being turned into mosques It's very rare and experts say it's not among things threatening Christian heritage in UK But it does provoke strong reactions (and interesting comments in 🧵 below): thetimes.com/uk/religion/ar…
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@2D0XPS @WalkerMarcus @liturgicalben Why is it always the Lord's Prayer that is first on the revision block? Why the obsession with mucking about with the prayer that Our Lord taught us by his own mouth?
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@WalkerMarcus @liturgicalben The second is terribly naff, but otherwise not terrible. The first is far more problematic, both as a prayer and as a “translation” of the Lord's Prayer.
I wonder if this is what Hooker imagined would happen when he was defending the BCP against the Regulative Principle.
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If I am present when one of these horrors is used, I promise you I will bring the case to the Court of Ecclesiastical Causes, Reserved myself.
Church Times@ChurchTimes
"God Beyond Gender is a welcome and imaginative resource that ignites a shift in our understanding of how practitioners might unleash bold, sensitive, and more generous choices in their liturgical language." 📚 #books #liturgy #Echobox=1772185916" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…
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@tc1415 It’s not (y)our money. It’s the company/charity’s money. You’re free to do whatever you like with your own money, but what you would do with your own money is not the same as what the company/charity should do with its money. What’s best for you is not the same as best for it.
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Hive mind, I need a way to explain the concept of fiduciary duty to someone who isn't especially clear on anything of that nature. Any tips?
(can't give any context, but let's just say I want to get ahead of a potential mess before it happens)
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