Sex 'only for heterosexual marriage,' says possible Welby successor

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Date posted:  21 Nov 2024
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Sex 'only for heterosexual marriage,' says possible Welby successor

Martyn Snow

The Church of England’s lead bishop for the controversial ‘Living in Love and Faith’ (LLF) sexuality discussions – tipped by some as the next Archbishop of Canterbury – says he continues to believe sex is only for heterosexual marriage.

Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester, who is being touted as a possible successor to Justin Welby, answered ‘yes’ when pressed on the point in an interview with en. And he said Church of England evangelicals in the Alliance (the umbrella group of orthodox believers in the denomination) should not yet despair about their wishes for alternative structural provision being met.

However, Snow refused to answer questions about the meaning of specific Bible passages relating to sexuality, and said he did not believe the Church of England was in a Jude verse 4 situation (‘contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints’), claiming the contradictory views on sexuality were part of ‘a season of discernment’.

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