General Synod - Ordination of women

Title

General Synod - Ordination of women

Genre

Speech

TX Date

9 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:32

Description

Statement by the Venerable George Austin, Archdeacon of York, at the Church of England’s General Synod, during a debate about the ordination of women. The reporter (not heard) is religious affairs correspondent, Lawrence Spicer.

Contributors

Lawrence Spicer; George Austin

Keywords

Women; Church; Church of England; Christianity; Anglicanism; General Synod; Gender roles; Meetings; Ordination of women; Synods; Protestantism

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