THOUGH the story is today's headliner in 72pt type, the story isn't even on the first page of the website; it's in tiny-tiny type two links deep. Go figure.
And go to Church; but be ready to "deal with" anything/anyone that gets in your way.
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It's only a BUILDING.
Was the church still consecrated when the jack booted thugs kicked kicked the parishioners out. The diocese paid for this sacrilege?
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world
1 Corinthians 6:4
To use armed guards,
on consecrated ground,
against the blameless faithful,
of that local body of Christ?
I have no words for this
It seems that good Christian people who congregate peaceably for mass could be counted on to leave after the bad news without an armed show of force.
Armed guards?
There must be more to this story.
My church is an orthodox Episcopal church that does not support the ECUSA decisions about the gay bishop and there is a lot of talk about joining an Anglican diocese. However, the diocese owns the title to the building. It is very likely that the portion of the congregation that does not support ECUSA will have to move.
Get a life people! There are too many churches in decaying urban areas who's members for the most part fled to suburbia. Close the Churches where there are not many parishioners, and open ones where the population is growing.
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