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A: The Church of England is the Church of England.
In other words, it is not the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is not the Church IN England, It is not a branch of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is not a subset or a division or a reformed arm of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is what it is named: the Church of ENGLAND.
Ever since King Henry VIII made himself the head of the Church, the Church of England has been the religious arm of the English ruling establishment. That is what it meant when the king made himself the head of the church. The monarch, as most people know, is still the official head of the Church of England–not the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Pope in Rome, but King Charles III. Because it is the religious arm of the English ruling establishment, the Church of England will never stand up to the rulings of Parliament or the monarchy. The Church standing up to the tyranny of the ruling establishment in England died with St Thomas a Becket and St Thomas More. The Church of England bows to the King–and in this present age–bows to Parliament and bows to the demands of the mass media and the voices of the hungry hordes of unwashed English people.
This explains why the Church of England today (admittedly after much hand wringing and internal debate) decided to bless same sex marriages. This is why the Church of England are about to debate using gender neutral terminology for God. This is why the Church of England flies rainbow flags from her church towers and preaches the NuChurch religion of moralistic, therapeutic, Deism. All of this is simply because she is what she is: the Church of England. In other words, where England goes the Church of England follows. What England chooses, The Church of England is expected to bless.
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In other words, it is not the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is not the Church IN England, It is not a branch of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is not a subset or a division or a reformed arm of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is what it is named: the Church of ENGLAND.
Ever since King Henry VIII made himself the head of the Church, the Church of England has been the religious arm of the English ruling establishment. That is what it meant when the king made himself the head of the church. The monarch, as most people know, is still the official head of the Church of England–not the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Pope in Rome, but King Charles III. Because it is the religious arm of the English ruling establishment, the Church of England will never stand up to the rulings of Parliament or the monarchy. The Church standing up to the tyranny of the ruling establishment in England died with St Thomas a Becket and St Thomas More. The Church of England bows to the King–and in this present age–bows to Parliament and bows to the demands of the mass media and the voices of the hungry hordes of unwashed English people.
This explains why the Church of England today (admittedly after much hand wringing and internal debate) decided to bless same sex marriages. This is why the Church of England are about to debate using gender neutral terminology for God. This is why the Church of England flies rainbow flags from her church towers and preaches the NuChurch religion of moralistic, therapeutic, Deism. All of this is simply because she is what she is: the Church of England. In other words, where England goes the Church of England follows. What England chooses, The Church of England is expected to bless.
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Q: What is The Church of England? | Fr. Dwight Longenecker
A: The Church of England is the Church of England. In other words, it is not the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is not the Church IN England, It is not a branch of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. It is not a subset or a division or a reformed arm of
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