Posted on 09/21/2010 3:49:00 PM PDT by Salvation
Keegan and others make the point that the British empire probably died at the Somme in 1916. I’ve read other sources that indicate their intervention in Suez in 1956 might be, and there is a good argument the Falklands War might have been its last gasp. It took Rome nearly 300 years to fall after Commodus’ assassination...Perhaps there is even a case for the end coming starting with a certain failure in 1776.... Hastings’ point is equally valid- historians will be debating the point where the British empire was finished for many years yet.
When thinking about this I am reminded of an episode of Monty Python- they first flashed a screen that said “By 470 the Roman empire lay in ruins...” A few skits later another one came up. “By 1970 the British Empire lay in ruins...”
I couldn't help but marvel at the beautiful mosaic of the Last Supper at Westminster Abbey during Princess Di's funeral (think that's where it was and she was married at St. Pauls?). I marveled then that it was once a Catholic church stolen from them.
But I see strengths and weaknesses on both sides of the great Protestant vs. Catholic divide. Neither side is blameless, and God allowed it where if it hadn't been for free will, He would not have had to. Let it go at that.
And yet, let us not forget that the British Empire, under Queen Victoria, brought Christianity, even if flawed, to many corners of the world.
And the Anglican Africans are offering a shelter to the AAmerican Episcopalians, who have been so put upon by the far left hierarchy.
This is a tapestry of which we can only see a few threads. God’s plan is unfolding, and we have been privileged to see a portion, when Pope Benedict walked into Westminster.
About as many times as the Vatican, lol.
I was under the impression that it effectively died decades ago, too! :))
I always found it amusing that East and West broke over saying the Mass in Latin or Greek.
Gee, let me thing...as a theological matter, if there is going to be a language to speak to Jesus in, should it be in the language that much of the New testament was written in, or should it be the language of those who nailed Jesus to the cross?
Maybe I shouldn't think too hard.
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Paper on Pope’s Visit: “This was the End of the British Empire”
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No you are nearly 100 years behind the times...
The British Empire started out Catholic...
“the End of the British Empire” was due to religion but not Catholicism...
It was when General Allenby and the British Army and government “cursed” the Jews in the Middle East during WWI ...
From that time on England lost one country after another...
And the sun set on the British Empire...
God promised Abraham “I when bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you..
God’s promise to Abraham has never been rescinded...
Hope this helps,
dvwjr
With the conservatives surging in America waiting to win major elections on November 2, we could very well be seeing PBO’s Waterloo on that day.
it’s called English Israelism — the idea that the Aryanic English are actually descendents of the lost tribes of Israel. I know — it’s ludicrous and historically and genetically wrong, but there were many who believed it and many who do, you see this in some Baptist groups too.
Yes, the Battle of Agincourt — if Henry V HAD won, then France would not have had the Revolution as Henry V had a far more democratic (ok, less autocratic) rule than the Bourbons. Plus, if he had won, this woudl have prevented the French-Ottoman alliance and could have potentially changed the face of history globally.
I have a Jewish friend who I was explaining to that when David Koresh read the Bible and it said “Jew” he read “Honkey” and where it said “Zion” he read “Waco Texas”. He laughed his head off! He had never heard such a ludicrous thing!
I don´t get ya´... If?
Check out
British-Israel, Fact or Fiction?
http://www.orange-street-church.org/text/british-israel%20fact%20or%20fiction.htm
As I said before, some people don't seem to care about little things like evidence, history, genealogy, linguistics, etc.
No, they would rather invent an improbable history and think that when the Bible says “Jew” they mean “British” and when the Bible says “Zion” they mean “Staffordshire” or some such.
What delusional clap trap!
There is a very good chance that the guys who hammered the nails were speaking Greek. It was the more popular language in that corner of the Roman Empire at that time especially among the professional soldiers.
He did win at Agincourt. That’s the funny thing. All it took was a bout with Dysentery and dying before the sick French king. He was 35 and it was a matter of 2 months.
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