Martin Davie

Abortion law changes: Bishops take part in House of Lords debate

A clause in the Crime and Policing Bill, inserted in the House of Commons last year, will disapply the existing criminal law for women who access an abortion outside the legal limits. This means that a woman seeking an abortion outside the terms of 1967...

Profanation: Dishonour and Disorder

“He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life, but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,...
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Failing the Green Test: A critical examination of the advice from the Church of England’s Legal Office – Part 2

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Failing the Green Test – A critical examination of the material from the House of Bishops: Part 1

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Martin Davie finds the Bishop of Worcester’s arguments in favor of same-sex blessings wanting

In his open letter to the Diocese of Worcester published on 9 January, Bishop...

Why services to mark same sex relationships would be a change too far

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Abortion law changes: Bishops take part in House of Lords debate

A clause in the Crime and Policing Bill, inserted in the House of Commons...

Profanation: Dishonour and Disorder

“He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by...

Rowan Williams: ‘I don’t know whether the Anglican Communion will survive’

It is, Rowan Williams assures me, a coincidence that his new book will be...

Archbishop’s Presidential Address to York Diocesan Synod, 14 March 2026

My grandma had an expression that she used when she considered someone to be...