Theo-con Pope tries to force all of us back to the Middle Ages (CINO Crying from Ireland)

Independent.ie ^ | 7/10/2007 | Justine McCarthy

[ELS]

I think kneelers are indicated at the altar rail, that was mighty hard marble!

When I encounter that, I offer it up.

NEXT time, I am wearing my gardening kneepads under my dress!!!!!!

LOL!

[It's me]

In the porch, ...

The porch? Does she mean the vestibule?

[USArmySpouse]

Ugh. I do not understand. Why doesn’t she just become Episcopalian or something? This isn’t Islam, she won’t be killed for leaving the Church.

[AnAmericanMother]

Actually, that's English terminology.

The church porch is OUTSIDE, a covered area that protects the doors, gives everybody a place to take down their umbrellas, and traditionally is where banns and so forth are posted. It can be like a little hut attached to the church, or more like what we Southerners think of as a "porch".

Small English church porch

Larger church porch

The narthex or vestibule is the area INSIDE the church's main (south) door, between the doors and the sanctuary.

[AnAmericanMother]

Like C.S. Lewis's "The Landlord" in Pilgrim's Regress.

[It's me]

thanks for the correction.

[AnAmericanMother]

If I didn’t used to be an Episcopalian, I’d have had no idea!

[AliVeritas]

So when will she be leaving in body... sounds like the rest was never there anyway.

[AliVeritas]

I wouldn’t wish her on protestants, she’d find something to whine about there too.