Posted on 01/15/2017 5:42:38 PM PST by marshmallow
It's being reported the Archbishop of Canterbury is to express regret over the Reformation period, where thousands were murdered for their religious beliefs.
According to the Mail on Sunday, Most Rev Justin Welby is due to issue a joint statement with the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu, expressing remorse over the time when various people challenged and abandoned Catholic Church teachings.
Significant moments of the period include German priest Martin Luther's nailing of an academic paper to a a church in Wittenberg, outlining his opposition to certain Catholic theology, and King Henry VIII's formation of the Church of England.
It's thought the statement will urge believers to ask for forgiveness for atrocities which happened on both sides during the Reformation and for there to be greater unity and relationship between the Catholic and Protestant churches today.
The statement's due to come a month before members of the Church of England's General Synod discusses the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
Rev Andrew Atherstone, a member of the Synod, told the Mail on Sunday: "As the Church of England prepares to celebrate the Reformation, it should also repent of the violence and brutality it sometimes committed in God's name."
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good, fire that commie pope and we can talk about reconciliation
They could join the Ordinariate.
Ping me when the apology tour includes a stop relating to the Black Plague.
Archbishop of Canterbury
This archbishop I’d from the Church of England and not the Romans Catholic Church.
Curse you Autocorrect!
This archbishop is from the Church of England and not the Roman Catholic Church.
I’m not a bit remorseful because my ancestors became Protestants...
Those Protestant ancestors from England, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium made their way to America during the 1600s...
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