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...mollify opponents of women in the ministry, America' s Episcopalians and the Church of England approve awkward compromises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page July 18, 1988 | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

SENIOR WRITERS: Ezra Bowen, David Brand, Tom Callahan, Margaret Carlson, George J. Church, Richard Corliss, Otto Friedrich, Paul Gray, Robert Hughes, Ed Magnuson, Lance Morrow, Frederick Painton, Walter Shapiro, R. Z. Sheppard, William E. Smith, Frank Trippett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead July 18, 1988 | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

America's Episcopal Church, which ranks amity among the highest virtues, has faced considerable discord ever since its 1976 vote to allow women priests. Thousands of members fled the denomination over that decision; a larger number of traditionalists remained within the church. Seven dioceses still refuse to recognize female clergy, but most of the 2.7 million Episcopalians have accepted the on-marching women, who now constitute 10% of the church's 14,000 clergy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: When Is a Bishop Not a Bishop? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...creation of women bishops. Though women nominated for the hierarchy failed to win in three U.S. dioceses this year, the election of the first woman bishop appears inevitable and could occur as early as this fall. That prospect has produced fresh mutterings of schism. Last week both the Episcopal Church and its overseas parent, the Church of England, embraced ) awkward compromises to advance the cause of women clergy while mollifying members who refuse to accept them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: When Is a Bishop Not a Bishop? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...Episcopalians' peculiar scheme to head off a split squeaked through a church convention in Detroit. Under the plan, a woman bishop would maintain jurisdiction over all of her flock but would not necessarily minister to everyone. Any congregation that rejected the notion of a woman bishop could petition the diocese to come under the special care of a male "Episcopal Visitor" who would substitute for the spurned woman prelate at Communion, baptisms and confirmations. Visitors could also fill in for male bishops whose support for women bishops offends traditionalists. To make matters even more complex, the regular bishops, be they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: When Is a Bishop Not a Bishop? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

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