Women Priests on BBC TV Shows

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Dibbly always reminds me of a public supposition and imagined version of priesthood rather than the actual reality. Parish life is rarely that cuddly. I always think of the warning of church acronyms appearing on articles of enquiry…..AGAG, VoD and REV. VoD= parish living in the imagined golden age that never was. Needs improving.
 
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UK so AGAG = All gas and gaiters. therefore out of step with current practice And needs serious oversight to remedy. Rev refers to the BCCs Rev set in an impoverished inner city parish and with such serious issues and struggles no one sane would want to take it on.
 
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Only thing that matters is who notifies the government of the changes
Well, no. That's not the only thing that matters, by a long shot (and that's also really not an appropriate assertion in the Anglican forum). Making sure that the marriage is valid and legal (under both canon and civil law) matters a very great deal.

To be clear (fwiw), in the western Christian tradition of marriage (in which Anglicanism stands) the celebrant is typically doing two things; witnessing the marriage and invoking God's blessing on the couple. It's this second aspect which means some churches limit who may be the celebrant (for example, there's some tension within Anglcanism around whether deacons may, or whether they must use an alternate form of wording at the blessing).
 
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Well, no. That's not the only thing that matters, by a long shot (and that's also really not an appropriate assertion in the Anglican forum). Making sure that the marriage is valid and legal (under both canon and civil law) matters a very great deal.

To be clear (fwiw), in the western Christian tradition of marriage (in which Anglicanism stands) the celebrant is typically doing two things; witnessing the marriage and invoking God's blessing on the couple. It's this second aspect which means some churches limit who may be the celebrant (for example, there's some tension within Anglcanism around whether deacons may, or whether they must use an alternate form of wording at the blessing).
I don't have my prayerbook handy, but IIRC in TEC the blessing over the new couple is explicitly omitted if a non-priest is the officiate.
 
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In Canada a Catholic nun got permission to do a wedding.

They had a priest shortage.
In Catholicism, the ministers of the sacrament of marriage are the bride and groom. The priest is there to make sure the marriage, if in a church, has the right form for a sacrament and the right sacred attitude. He is also the minister for the state to witness the wedding and sign the state marriage certificate. So if the nun was licensed to perform weddings in this locale, I don't see any irregularity in this.
 
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