Bishop Reade ordained male and female deacons and made provision for the Bishop of Lancaster to ordain women priests.
The Presbyterians accused him of heresy and revoked his license, but the Congregationalists refused to ordain him as a minister.
It has been one of the most divisive issues in the Church since it voted to ordain women priests 20 years ago.
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So I think some such arrangement will be necessary if and when the Church of England proceeds to ordain women to the episcopate.
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In January, 50 priests wrote in a letter to the Archbishop of York to say the next Bishop must be prepared to ordain women priests.
The next Bishop of Blackburn must be prepared to ordain woman priests, more than 50 priests have written in a letter to the Archbishop of York.
Archbishop Lefebvre announced in 1988 that he intended to ordain Williamson, and three other priests, as bishops, and did so despite warnings that he would be excommunicated.
It was the Church of England's decision to ordain women more than a decade ago that has meant that as Dr Williams put it, Catholic-Anglican unity has "hit the buffers a bit".
It seems illogical to say that you can ordain a woman a priest and then say you are not going to go on potentially at any rate, to ordain a women to the episcopate.
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The Synod has already agreed in principle to ordain women as bishops, but it faces an awkward decision about how to treat traditionalists whose religious consciences will not allow them to serve under a women bishop.
All government would have to do is provide guidelines for how doctors utilize testing in certain medical situations and ordain that any physician or hospital who follows these guidelines would have the presumption of using proper medical procedure on their side should a legal battle ensure.
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