Would Henry VIII be in favour of Female Bishops?

Hi,

The Anglican church has been making the headlines of late.

I've been applauding their efforts to update their church to the moral sensibilities of the last century. From accepting gay couples into their congregations and truly opening up the Anglican churches in the UK to become part of a modern community.

This kind of slow moving revolution has recently reached the point of ordaining homosexual priests and female bishops.

This has caused a massive outcry from Anglican conservatives in the UK and elsewhere. With cold war style defections being publicly discussed.

All I can say is that I'm enjoying the spectacle of modernity versus church values.

Rather than discussing "what would the current Pope do?", or even "what would St Paul do?" I think we should be asking a different historical figure - the founder of Anglicanism - King Henry VIII of England.

Anglicism was of course created by the good King to fuse together state and church, and stop the Catholic church from restricting his god given right to rule. Henry was an egotist but also a realist, and I think he would have a few pointed and practical words to say on the subject, something like:

"How dare you lessen the power of the Anglican church! Is she any good at her Job? Oh she likes girls huh? Send her and her friend around to my quarters later."

The funny thing about writing this post is that I was pretty sure how Henry would act - but completely unsure as to how our current Queen would.

As head of the Anglican church I would really like to hear what she has to say on the subject.

NP Out