The Church of England inquiry into alleged child sex abuse by former Dean of Manchester Cathedral Robert Waddington is expected to crossover with the police inquiry into historical sexual abuse at Chetham's School of Music after it has emerged that Waddington was a governor at the school between 1984 and 1993. Independent 14 May 2013

Allowance would avoid time spent pushing fresh legislation through Parliament. Independent 18 May 2013

A former Church of England archbishop has denied claims that he covered up allegations of child abuse against a senior clergyman, which were revealed in Friday's Times newspaper. AFT 10 May 2013

Phil I've just added (or tried to add at least) a reply to your question on the "Church in all its fullness" thread.  It seemed to fit better there, since it has to do with "ring" structures.  I've had a look at the Ephesians passage, and managed to convi...

This is really a reply to Phil Almond's latest on the kephale thread, but it's an oblique reply, and probably fits better here.  I was thinking about the Ephesians 5:21-33 passage, and wondering whether this, also, might have the "tree-ring" / nested structure.  I don&...

Villagers acquainted with the debates surrounding Tom Wright's readings of St Paul may be puzzled by the quotations from Luther and Calvin just below. As Wright reads St Paul, union with Christ entails both "vertical" forgiveness of sin and "horizontal" acceptance into the...

John Martin reviews Andrew Goddard's timely memoire of the Archiepiscopate of Rowan Williams

Andrew Goddard offers a positive assessment of the recent FAOC document

A comment on the most controversial funeral of the century.......