Posted on 11/23/2020 6:55:56 PM PST by marshmallow
'The fact that we have to sneak around to worship God, in fear of criminal prosecution, is alarming. But we do what we have to do,' a pastor said.
November 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Churches across the British Isles are returning to clandestine-style worship in the wake of the U.K. government’s lockdown prohibiting communal worship, as ministers and priests continue to hold services in “answer to a higher authority.”
In the current second national lockdown, communal worship is prohibited by law, and churches are permitted to open only for private prayer. The law was rushed through Parliament in early November by a vote of 516-38.
LifeSiteNews has already reported that during the first weekend of the new restrictions police entered at least one Catholic church in England on the suspicion that a supposed transgression was taking place.
The Observer reported how worship is returning to a style more recognized and associated with Catholic penal times.
Speaking under condition of anonymity, a Christian pastor noted that he and his community had continued their Sunday ceremonies throughout the current lockdown.
“We’ve been holding clandestine services since this lockdown began. It feels weird for us to act this way. People have said it feels more like an underground church in China,” he told the Observer.
“The fact that we have to sneak around to worship God, in fear of criminal prosecution, is alarming. But we do what we have to do,” he continued.
The minister added, “As Christians, we want to be the best citizens we can. We don’t want to be disobedient, but we’re being forced into a position where we either have to go with our religious convictions or go against our consciences and beliefs and submit to the state. That’s the situation we’re in.”
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Just like China now.
The liberal democrat dreamland.
Return to the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Returning to your roots is a good thing.
coming soon to a city near you too
Awful.
Majoity of believers and Christians cheer this they proudly support the sheer loss of religious freedom some out of laziness and weaknesses others because they have an obscure romanticized ideals of the prosecutions of times past so on and on.
I hope Jesus raptures us soon as this world has become dark and getting darker
while the Church is currently on the most darken path of darkness on point at anytime in Church history.
Not the first time worship was forced underground by a tyrannical ruler.
Yep.
The British Isles may see the return of “priest holes”—secret chambers where priests could hide and even hold clandestine masses during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, when Roman Catholics were being persecuted.
Mosques free to continue, no doubt...
Technically it applies to mosques, but enforcement is very selective.
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