Yeah, a real 'paragon of virtue'.
Posted on 01/29/2026 6:54:49 AM PST by dynachrome
As Britain national identity has been eroded under leftist Labour party rule, other institutions like the ultra-woke Church of England (CoE) are helping speed up the collapse process.
Today (28), Sarah Mullally was confirmed as the new archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to spiritually lead the CoE.
In the video below, as the female speaker says ‘no person has appeared in opposition to the confirmation’, a furious male voice shouts ‘I did!’, and goes on a rant until security removes the person.
The images show that not even half the seats in the Cathedral are taken in this supposedly important moment – showing us just how decadent the CoE has become.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
A lot of the arguments here seem to just devolve into insults, so it’s hard to tell.
“you’re going to hell if you don’t believe as they do”
It was a very effective tactic—in the Middle Ages.
Today—not so much.
A lot of the arguments here seem to just devolve into insults, so it’s hard to tell.
That is a rhetorical question for all of us to consider.
I try to be an optimist; I am by nature.
But when I see some of the ‘conversations’ here, I can envision a return to burning heretics alive and drowning ‘witches’ rather than reunification.
The woman is not 28 years old. The (28) refers to the date of her installation, not her age.
Here's a non-insult, in the form of questions and citations.
King Charles. Head of C of E? Or head off all faiths within the Commonwealth nations? Let's read:
"Almost 30 years ago, then-Prince Charles declared that he wanted to be a “defender of faith,” rather than simply “Defender of the Faith,” to reflect Britain's growing religious diversity. It created a bit of a storm in a teacup, as he had clearly not meant that he would be changing the traditional role so much as adding to it. The new King is a particular type of Anglican: one that on the one hand, is incredibly tied to the notion of tradition; but on the other, has shown a great deal of affinity for both Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Islam, two religions clearly outside the Anglican fold that he must now titularly lead." Source: King Charles III’s Unique Relationship with Islam Could Bridge Divides Time, 13 September 2022So one might extract a questionm for you individually as for each of us.
Are you a "defender of faith" of do you see yourself as a "defender of your faith." Personally I would hope for the latter, as the former phrase is a close to meaningless as one can get, given that some have faith in their agnosticism, and others -- one within my extended family -- faith of a sort in his constant professions of his atheism.
One reads further:
"The harsh reality is that the C of E has lost 160,000 attendees across an average week including Sundays since 2019 when 854,000 people attended its churches. Since 2003, the all-age average weekly attendance has declined from 1,126,000.So one may cogently ask: what is the defense and what is being defended? And how is that defense doing, as the Dame Bishop leads less than 1 percent of the UK's population?"With the population of England now around 67 million, 685,000 worshippers in 2023 means barely 1 per cent of the people living in the nation are turning up to C of E churches."
Source: Ignore the cheerful spin - the Church of England is in unrelenting decline Christian Today, 20 May 2024.
I don’t belong to a church or religious sect, so I don’t have one to defend. I’ve been exposed to valuable concepts from many religions.
But I believe strongly in the importance of spirituality to the individual life, and defend the freedom to practice one’s faith in peace.
Lost cause
You can join a sharper Anglican rites denomination
"Freedom to practice one's faith in peace" is not a belief, as best I understand it. It is a political stance, and quite American.
"....the importance of spirituality" is, to me, a phrase grammatically correct but meaningless. Since this is a thread about the UK, the murder of Lee Rigby in the UK by a black Muslim was in part about "spirituality" and in part about "peace." Militant Islam is religiously grounded, and the formal definition of "peace" in Islam is submission to Islam. Words can be mean many competing things.
Your first comment on this thread to another was "If it's not your church, why do you care?" You entered the thread because another Freeper had an opinion about the thread's topic. I have an opinion, as do you. As did Antoninus. Now, as above, you believe and thereby profess your faith in your words.
Antoniuns clearly states on his page that he resents criticism here of his own religion.
Snarking about the C of E seems hypocritical of him.
Henry VIII would be so proud if he were alive today.
Interesting take. Your "About" has no comment / commentary. His states that he "ignores" while you find it to be that he "resents."
As to snark, he wrote "Old Lady cos-playing as clergy." I agree with the imagery, because cosplay is in fact "costume play," made into the vernacular. Catholics and a number of other denominations do not have female clergy. Apparently your "importance of spirituality to the individual life, and defend the freedom to practice one's faith in peace" might. Have you any female clergy, even if nondenominational or other?
I have a number of friends in a number of denominations, and to those who have female clergy I simply say we disagree. When called a sexist, I accept their name calling as intended. I am a sexist about females ( and cosplaying / cross dressing trannies ) in pulpits. It's my stance, and my bride and I avoid such, excepting perhaps attendance at some funeral.
From your "valuable concepts from many religions," are among those concepts is there a concept that females should be accepted in pulpits by all in all denominations? If so, your "credo" differs from others. If so, it differs from mine. And, given my citation of that section from Timothy, it differs from Christian scripture though lots of Christians these days are prone to ignoring what is problematic to their modernity. Heck, now we even have a Supreme Court Justice who says she can't define what a woman is. Although there are some "Christian" denominations that state Jesus was gay. So anything goes, in the end, once words, texts and scriptures become so squishy.
What I am not snarky or squishy about is political. In this Republic, others may hold other religious beliefs. None which aim at the desrtuction of this Republic.
Bad news! Anaxios!
England must return to the Orthodox Church!
This lady presides over an offshoot, apostate splinter group of the CoE. The larger, at least somewhat more orthodox Anglican church is based in Africa now, I believe. The apostates may have the fancy buildings, but that’s about it.
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