tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556748.post1788079228139664212..comments2023-10-28T15:54:27.090+01:00Comments on Anglican Spirit: Church of England bishops concerned over the quality of the clergyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556748.post-17240637025720119682008-06-09T14:23:00.000+01:002008-06-09T14:23:00.000+01:00:)On the main issue of the quality of the clergy.....:)<BR/><BR/>On the main issue of the quality of the clergy... <BR/><BR/>...by the time I left after 13 years, more than half those ordained alongside me had already left. I was behind the game in staying so long. I tracked them all down and interviewed them all in preparing the book. They were good people.<BR/><BR/>And the average age of new ordinations has topped fifty and continues to rise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556748.post-60917267500539827212008-06-08T19:28:00.000+01:002008-06-08T19:28:00.000+01:00Peace Michael - "bitter" is way too harsh :)Peace Michael - "bitter" is way too harsh :)David Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983926871863686610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556748.post-52052130132087024742008-06-08T18:47:00.000+01:002008-06-08T18:47:00.000+01:00Not bitter. It's an upbeat, hopeful book: the epil...Not bitter. It's an upbeat, hopeful book: the epilogue makes that clear, I hope.<BR/><BR/>“His apologia ... is consistent, lucid, and, at times, moving. He emerges from these pages as an interesting and complicated mixture: a liberal, who is a Catholic (in Anglican terms), influenced by the charismatic movement, disrespectful of inherited institutions, and balanced in judgement. There is no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29556748.post-18180211752626408342008-06-08T18:46:00.000+01:002008-06-08T18:46:00.000+01:00Not bitter. It's an upbeat, hopeful book: the epil...Not bitter. It's an upbeat, hopeful book: the epilogue makes that clear, I hope.<BR/><BR/>“His apologia ... is consistent, lucid, and, at times, moving. He emerges from these pages as an interesting and complicated mixture: a liberal, who is a Catholic (in Anglican terms), influenced by the charismatic movement, disrespectful of inherited institutions, and balanced in judgement. There is no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com