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QuoteAfter ten years as a reader I resigned because I could no longer teach what the church - that is, my local church - believed. But I still had many friends there, and a great respect for the Vicar.

He, in turn, owes an allegiance to his bishop, and would not be expected to contradict his bishop's teaching. That's how a hierarchical church works. But nothing stops me as an individual speaking my mind. A theological cat can piss on an episcopal shoe and an episcopal shoe can eject a pissing theological cat!