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Henry VIII knew what a woman was, although he seemed occasionally to prefer some shortening modifications to the basic model. But the Church of England he founded is a bit confused nowadays and after several centuries of “see, that one there has breasts, she’s a girl, and that one there has a beard and is probably a guy” they now say they can’t tell you what one is.<\/p>\n
Robert Innes, the Church of England\u2019s bishop in Europe, has said that that ecclesial community has no definition of a woman because such definitions were long thought self-evident.<\/em><\/p>\n
His comment comes amid a session of the General Synod, the Church of England\u2019s legislative body, which is being held in York July 8-12.<\/em><\/p>\n
The synod was asked, \u201cWhat is the Church of England\u2019s definition of a woman?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
Innes responded, \u201cThere is no official definition, which reflects the fact that until fairly recently definitions of this kind were thought to be self-evident, as reflected in the marriage liturgy,\u201d The Telegraph reported July 10.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cThe LLF project, however, has begun to explore the marriage complexities associated with gender identity and points to the need for additional care and thought to be given in understanding our commonalities and differences as people made in the image of God,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n