Anna Greenwood-Lee
Posted on 12/29/2020 4:51:55 AM PST by rickmichaels
Wishing someone a “Merry Christmas” is common practice for Canadian politicians on Dec. 25, but a holiday greeting from Alberta’s United Conservative Party received considerable criticism on social media over the weekend, including from clergy.
The two-word Twitter and Facebook post with a Christmas tree emoji includes an image of the nativity — with Jesus, Mary and Joseph — overlaid with a passage from the King James Bible, Isaiah 9:6. Social media users criticized the party both for sharing a religious text from the official party account, and for the content of the verse itself which uses the word “government:” “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Anna Greenwood-Lee, a Calgary Anglican priest and a bishop-elect for a B.C. diocese, is among the critics. She says a Christmas greeting is one thing, but quoting scripture is inappropriate.
“When the party that runs the government is quoting that, to me that sounds a bit like they’re saying they have divine sanction, that there’s some sort of close relationship between them and the Son of God,” she said Sunday.
Greenwood-Lee said multiple other translations of the Hebrew scriptures use the English word “authority” or “dominion” in place of “government.” Isaiah, like other Hebrew prophetic texts, also often calls the rulers of the day to account for how they treat the most vulnerable, she said.
The passage is often quoted at Christmas and is referenced in Handel’s Messiah.
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Anna Greenwood-Lee
When a picture says a thousand words... (not saying what kind of words)
He looks happy with herself.
He must have his plug setting on high.
I read it in scientific America.
/ all out of ssssss,’s
Priest? Don’t they mean priestess? Of course, priestess sounds really pagan. Then again, if the shoe fits ...
I think I see the problem.
Anna Greenwood-Lee, a Calgary Anglican priest and a bishop-elect for a B.C.
Yes you are not the only one ton see the problem
We’re not allowed to use those words here.
That’s a man, baby!
Gray in the roots?
Trans?
Well that is a four letter word.
She’s looking a little puffy, no?
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