| Description | Includes correspondence regarding the participation of women at services and the debate in the General Synod in Nov 1978; correspondents include clergy, Rt Revd Ronald Bowlby, Bishop of Newcastle (ff.5-6), Rt Revd Simon Phipps, Bishop of Lincoln (ff.10), Derek Pattinson, Secretary-General of the General Synod (ff.15, 93-4), Rt Revd Eric Kemp, Bishop of Chichester (ff.21-6), David Carey (f.28), Mgr Marinus Kok, Archbishop of Utrecht (ff.42-3), Most Revd Walter Conway, Orthodox Bishop of Houston (ff.44-5, 50), Revd Father Andrew Blair of the Community of the Resurrection (ff.46-9), Rt Revd Gerald Ellison, Bishop of London (ff.58-61), Rt Revd John Robinson, Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge (ff.62-8, 89, 108), Rt Revd Louis Morrow, Former Bishop of Krishnagar (ff.79-82), Rt Revd Robert Runcie, Bishop of St.Albans (f.83), Rt Revd John Taylor, Bishop of Winchester (ff.86, 95-6, 105-6, 117), Rt Revd Hugh Montefiore, Bishop of Birmingham (ff.87-8, 90, 100-1), Rt Revd Graham Leonard, Bishop of Truro (f.91), Cardinal Basil Hume (ff.112, 115), Rt Revd John Howe, Secretary-General of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) (ff.113-4, 116), and members of the public; also includes a statement drawn up by the Anglican/Roman Catholic Consultation on the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood and related papers from the ACC (ff.12-14, 16-20, 30-8); a paper from CfR entitled 'The Church of Sweden and the Ordination of Women' (ff.40-1); statements by the Modern Churchmen's Union (ff.51-3); papers circulated to members in advance of the Nov 1978 General Synod (ff.55-7) and a declaration from Christian Action (ff.69-77). |