When did Transgenderism supplant Anglican orthodoxy as a qualification for Holy Orders?
by Archbishop Cranmer:
If you believe that women may not be priests; that Holy Orders are a male preserve; that a woman may not represent Christ at the altar; that ‘woman priest’ is an ontological category error, there is no longer any place for you in the Church of England’s theological colleges to train for the priesthood. Ordinands must be, in the words of the Five Guiding Principles, “fully and unequivocally committed to all orders of ministry being open equally to all, without reference to gender.” Anglican seminaries may no longer discriminate: they must admit both sexes. There can be no cherry-picking on this ecclesiology: in order to be ordained, this diversity must be acknowledged and affirmed.
Acknowledgment and affirmation are not, however, sufficient to become a diocesan bishop: suffragan is the glass ceiling for those who hold to orthodox ecclesiology. If you believe that a woman may not ontologically be a priest, your presence in the Church of England is tolerated, but please don’t expect to flourish.
And yet…
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