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To: sionnsar; The_Reader_David
It would not have been very popular or even correct, post revolution, to send up prayers for "our king, N."...

That's why I said -- where is the Christ in this!? Religion is used as a political party, not as a following of God. So, a church that doesn't preach or uphold that which Jesus taught is not a church.

Didn't Jesus say "pray for your enemies?" I think if Jesus walked into most churches today and called us hypocrites, we would throw Him out, and probably have Him arrested for disturbing the peace.

35 posted on 01/20/2005 10:27:15 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
How can you pray for your king when... you... don't... have... a... king...?

I don't pray for my twin brother. Not because I hate him. But because I don't have one.

Our prayer book has prayers for the president and those in authority. They're generic, however. The 1979 BCP could have revised the prayer to read, "our president, Jimmy Carter," but it would have had to be changed the folowing year. Yet the earlier books of common prayer did just that. They didn't drop the earlier king because he was now out of favor. He was just... not king anymore.

37 posted on 01/20/2005 11:03:27 AM PST by sionnsar († trad-anglican.faithweb.com † || Iran Azadi || Kiev County: http://www.soundpolitics.com)
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