Church of England gets a female as its leader

[JohnL]

It may be an unfair historical lens, but the founding cause of the Anglican Church, was never premised on humility and sorrow - and as such, it would be hard for me to ever see joining their religious tradition. Not saying God didn't use them, but the irony of unorthodox sexual proclivities being related to both the founding and dissolution of the Anglican church is sharp. And the problems associated with, and named in the likely dissolution are not more severe, and perhaps less, than the problems with the founding/founder.

Hadn’t thought of it that way before you mentioned it. You’re right. It was and is about sex. Its founding wasn’t about Jesus and salvation at all. It was about a king needing an heir.

[temporal1]

The Telegraph
The Church of England’s plan to pay £100m in reparations explains exactly why its pews are empty
Going woke doesn’t make the institution more relevant – it just alienates the faithful
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/1 ... struction/

Given Lenny Henry wants the British state to pay £18tn in slavery reparations, perhaps we should be thankful that the Church of England wants to cough up “only” £100m as part of its Project Spire, the Church Commissioners’ proposal to invest in “communities affected by historic transatlantic chattel ..

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