Was there an official Church of England response to the 2002 survey of clergy beliefs?
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A [2002 survey of nearly 2000 Church of England clergy](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1403106/One-third-of-clergy-do-not-believe-in-the-Resurrection.html) uncovered some worrying statistics:
- a third doubted or disbelieved in the physical resurrection
- only half were convinced of the truth of the virgin birth
- more than 75 percent believe in the Trinity, with the very troublesome implication that 20 percent didn't in some way
Was there an official response to this survey or others like it, either to refute the numbers, or to initiate measures that might improve the proportion of clergy who can uphold the church's official doctrines with enthusiastic integrity?
(PS: If anyone could find the official survey report that would be helpful - I can only find news reports, and [some blogs](https://www.anthonysmith.me.uk/2013/10/24/is-the-church-of-england-full-of-non-believing-clergy/) who question how the survey's results are being reported.)
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Jan 15, 2019, 04:12 AM
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