The Church of England is considering shifting its teachings to refer to God without using gendered language, succumbing to progressive pressure to change ancient religious practices to conform to modern woke mores.
“Christians have recognised since ancient times that God is neither male nor female,” a spokesperson for the Church told Reuters. “Yet the variety of ways of addressing and describing God found in scripture has not always been reflected in our worship.”
He added that there were “absolutely no plans to abolish or substantially revise” Church services without “extensive legislation.”
The announcement comes after the General Synod, the church’s legislative body, met to discuss the issue. A priest recommended the church adopt more inclusive language for worship to accommodate those who wanted to pray to God in a “non-gendered way.”
This update had been a long time coming, multiple church officials claimed. Since certain forms of service in contemporary language were introduced two decades ago, parishioners had expressed a demand for new language, the spokesperson told Reuters.
Bishop Michael Ipgrave, vice chairman of the church’s liturgical commission, said the Church had been “exploring the use of gendered language in relation to God for several years.”
The Church’s Faith and Order Commission, the theological advisory board, will collaborate with the liturgical commission to explore modifying gendered terms, the spokesperson said.
On the question of gender, the church has embraced the idea that it’s a spectrum, ignoring biological realities.
In July, the church claimed that there is “no official definition” of a woman within the church.While senior bishops formerly agreed that such basic definitions were not up for debate, the church’s Bishop in Europe said its treatment of the terminology should be reevaluated.
“There 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,” Bishop Robert Innes said in a statement.
Innes added that there are new “complexities associated with gender identity” making it necessary to give “additional care” to the gender identity issue.
His response was prompted by a question from a lay member of the Gender Synod, who asked, “What is the Church of England’s definition of a woman?”