REGULARS
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contents
GHOSTLY COUNSEL
Vol 10 No 151 December 2007
An d y HA w e s on a childlike Christmas
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TO THE POINT 4 LEAD STORY
X Parish appointments
FEATURES
Wales decision time
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DEVOTIONAL
Fr Alan Rabjohns
Fr Pe t e r CswG on Advent hope
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provides an overview of
the women bishops debate
12 Ravenna Statement
in the Church in Wales,
PATrICk rEArDON
Ia n Fa l c o n e r
and its importance as
On the source of the infancy narratives
offers a summary
a possible indicator of
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of the recent Roman
things to come in other provinces of the Anglican
SACrED VISION
Catholic–Orthodox agreement
Communion, including the Church of England
An t H o n y sA v i l l e on a C16th miniature 7
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Catholic solutions
FAITH OF OUr FATHErS
Ma r k St e v e n S 18
Ar t H u r Mi d d l e t o n on Mark Frank
is less than sanguine about
Blessed are the merciful
Dr Williams’ appeals to
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hu G h ba t e S
Catholic ecclesiology within
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
on the beatitude of mercy
the Anglican Communion
Ge o F F r e y Ki r K on the lessons of devolution
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Beginning of the end?
VI The Apostles argument
TOUCHING PLACE
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Ge o F F r e y kI r k
e o r G e au S t I n
si M o n Co t t o n on Burlingham St Andrew
considers the existence of women apostles
on the Act of Uniformity
and the Toleration Act
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30 DAYS 14
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Charles Wesley
FiF UPDATE 30
Playing safe
al a n ed w a r d S
LAST CHrONICLE 35
An all-purpose seasonal greeting
celebrates Charles’ hymns
LETTErS 23
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PEVs’ DIArIES 35
Our journey to unity
Sin admired
th e rt re v d ro b e r t la d d S
Fr a n c I S Ga r d o M
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on the background and the
on how well-meaning virtue can turn sour
A number of letters sent to and from
importance of next year’s
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American bishops regarding the future
Society of Mary pilgrimage to Lourdes
Good Beer Guide 2008
of The Episcopal Church; from
t
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H e Ar C H b i s H o P o F CA n t e r b u r y
al a n ed w a r d S
tH e rt re v d KA t H A r i n e sC H o r i
Losing the past marks twelve more pubs for next year
tH e bi s H o P o F Fl o r i d A Jo h n Sh e p l e y
tH e bi s H o P o F Fo r t wo r t H is worried by the liberal denial
rEVIEWS
of those who brought us the faith
We wish all our readers
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a very
bA r r y or F o r d on Stanford Symphonies
Come-back kid
happy
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Ju l I a n Ma n n
Jo H n Gr A i n G e r on Bodley at the V & A on the popularity of
Christmas
Ju d i t H HA l l on The First Emperor Christmas carol services
and
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16 God’s
The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil
Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church
Spiritual friendship
blessing
Lovely like Jerusalem
er n e S t Sk u b l I c S
for the
Watching and Waiting
makes a passionate case for
In God We Doubt
the great privilege of the new year
sacrament of penance
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newdirections
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December 2007
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