The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters. The Book ...

Anyone familiar with the Bible can attest that it includes a significant amount of masculine language. Father, King, Lord — God has long been referred to with masculine nouns and pronouns. The ...

CANTERBURY, England (RNS/ENInews) “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” “All the deceits of the world, the flesh and the devil.” “Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.” Shakespeare? The King James Bible?

The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters. The Book ...

After more than a week of debate among church leaders about whether God should be referred to by male pronouns – and about the numerous other issues that come up when writing a prayer book – the ...

(WCMH) – The Episcopal Church General Convention is considering a measure to expand the use of gender-neutral language for God in the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is the text used ...

The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters. The Book ...

After more than a week of debate about whether God should be referred to by male pronouns — and about the many other issues that come up when writing a prayer book — Episcopal Church officials have ...

(WCMH) – The Episcopal Church General Convention is considering a measure to expand the use of gender-neutral language for God in the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is the text used ...

After more than a week of debate among church leaders about whether God should be referred to by male pronouns — and about the numerous other issues that come up when writing a prayer book — the ...