Covenant Reformed News – December 2025 • Volume XX, Issue 20
This article from Covenant Reformed News critiques the appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, arguing from a Reformed perspective that her election violates biblical prohibitions on women in church office and represents a departure from historic Anglican doctrine and practice. The author views her leadership as incompatible with Scripture and Reformed principles of proper ecclesiastical governance.
The First Woman Archbishop of Canterbury At her Confirmation of Election on 28 January 2026, Sarah Mullally will (legally) become the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England and the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Jesus Christ explicitly forbids females from church office: “I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” (I Tim. 2:12; cf. I Cor. 14:34-35). Thus Mrs. Mullally and the Church of...