[sionnsar]

[The fact that the Diocese of New Westminster used this ugly and disrespectful article title would seem to be telling. --sionnsar]

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[wideawake]

"Erastianism!" shouted the Pope's followers - the heresy of subjugating the Church to the State.

This is a miracle, seeing as how Erastus himself was an eight year old boy when the Pope excommunicated Henry VIII for his adulterous lusts.

[Alkhin]

Thing is, what I have been learning about Anglican Christianity, is that King Henry VIII was the Last Straw in a series of breakages from the Pope of Rome. My priest kept referring to the Great Schism, and I also got the idea that the Battle of Hastings had an effect on how England saw itself in relation to Rome. I try to explain this to RCCers and all they can latch onto is the King Henry VIII thing...but its always boiled down to the fact that he wanted a divorce because he couldn't get a male heir. If I am understanding correctly, it was a heck of a lot more than that, i.e. determining sovereignty etc. A female heir from Spain could have spelled far more disastrous things for England than a divorce, don't you think?

Just typing out of the top of my head.

[dangus]

Niiiiice. When they feel enough heat, the Diocese of New Westminster falls back to a little good ol' fashioned Catholic bashing. "You wouldn't want to have obedience! That, that, that would be CATHOLIC!"

And the irony of wraooing their brutal repression of dissent around an appeal to independence and democracy!