Posted on 01/12/2005 5:00:05 AM PST by SJackson
Yes, you are right. Looking a bit deeper you might very well be surprised what you'd find. My original statement is a fact.
Do you suppose this is connected to your post, crz:
Around 832 AD, legend has it that the King of Scotland prayed to St. Andrew in battle, and he saw Andrew's cross in the heavens against a clear blue sky. Swearing if he were victorious, St. Andrew would forever be the patron saint of Scotland. This cross is said to be one of the oldest national flags.
St. George's Cross was England's national emblem as early as 1277. Edward III instituted the battle cry "St. George for England" and Henry V, at the battle of Agincourt, called "God for Harry, England, St. George!" St. George became that nation's patron saint in the 15th century.
King Henry VII authorized John Cabot to explore the New World in 1496 under England's flag, the St. George Cross. This flag was still in use in 1584 when Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition created the first settlement in the New World -The Lost Colony -at Roanoke Island and in 1663 at the establishment of the colony of Carolina. Representatives of the Church of England in the USA met in Maryland in 1783 to formally organize the Protestant Episcoapl Church in the United States, the first Anglican Church outside of the British Isles. One year later Samuel Seabury traveled to SCOTLAND to be ordained as the first Episcopal bishop by three Church of Scotland bishops... because they did not want to swear allegiance to the English crown, it is said.
The Episcoal Shield combines the St. George Cross as the base with the upper left quadrant containing miniature crosses in the form of St. Andrew's Cross, indicating the bond to the Anglican Communion through the Church of England and the Church of Scotland. The nine crosslets repesent the nine dioceses that adopted the consitution at the first bicameral General Convention in Philadelpha, 1789.
Actually, I have read Islamic references that this is connected to the appearance of Imam Mahdi, Islam's 'savior'. Some in Islam, now, believe the Imam Hahdi is Iran's present leader.
I thought the seals were presented to Thomas Jefferson by an angel?
Ha! I also liked the 'White Gold Wielder", much darker than it's contemporaries.
I've read about the stone, and the 'theft' of it from England, but never heard it called the Stone of Scone.
Can't wait to read up of that part of the story.
A more accurate statement would be "Puritans had issues with Catholics because of the Puritan interpretation of the Bible."
Maryland was a Catholic colony.
Agreed. I think some of the problem comes in that people think Revelation is all about end times. It's actually a revelation of ALL times, from the beginning to the end, given in highly symbolic fashion.
As opposed to our muslim-in-chief commander-in-chief who only wants to tax and regulate out of existence the very source of our true wealth...
Not for much longer ping.
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