[The Boston Globe] 26 Jul 2008--If the Episcopal Church didn't exist, the Catholics would have to invent us. Oops, I forgot, they already did.
The Catholics must be pretty happy that Henry VIII broke with the Vatican back in 1534 and created his own Protestant church. Thank heavens we Episcopalians exist, otherwise Pope Benedict would be heading up the world's only openly dysfunctional Christian sect.
My brethren in Christ - about 650 Episcopal and Anglican bishops from all over the world - have been puttering around England for the past week or so, at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the faith's decennial worldwide conclave. The spectacle, known as the Lambeth Conference, named after the archbishop's palace, is an embarrassing festival of nothingness. About 250 bishops held their own, separate conclave in Jerusalem called Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON - like DEFCON, only religious) earlier this year to drive home the point that the church of J.P. Morgan and Desmond Tutu is in schism.
Note to readers: Henry VIII did not "create" the Church of England.
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