Archbishop Cranmer

Dominic Cummings and the blaze of disproportionate significance

May 31, 2020
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Every now and again, a national controversy over an individual takes on a significance of disproportionate significance in the life of a nation. Such events or controversies are seen in…

Boris Johnson and the Episcopal Land of Zoom

May 29, 2020
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This is the 18th contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. The author is an Incumbent in the Church of England, who wishes to remain anonymous.…

The harrowing of Martyn Percy (part ii): Church of England colludes in bullying

May 27, 2020
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The harrowing of the Very Rev'd Professor Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church Oxford, ought to have ceased with his vindication in the judgment of Sir Andrew Smith. Professor Percy…

Bishop: ‘Sack Cummings, or the Church of England will no longer work with Government’

May 25, 2020
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A number of Bishops have rounded on the Prime Minister for not sacking his senior advisor Dominic Cummings, following revelations that he drove from London to Durham during lockdown to…

Archbishop of Canterbury in harmony with Tory Prime Minister

May 20, 2020
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"Just because we're in the middle of a crisis, it doesn't mean that we can't have a vision for a future where justice and righteousness are the key stones of…

The richness and exuberance of the Online Church

May 17, 2020
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We are just beginning to see changes in the severity of the coronavirus lockdown. Even as the rules are being gradually loosened, which will be welcomed by many of us,…

Care in a covid climate: in defence of Justin Welby

May 14, 2020
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"The Archbishop of Canterbury has been secretly volunteering as a chaplain at St Thomas’s Hospital during the coronavirus lockdown, the Telegraph has learned." The Telegraph learned this when the rest…

‘Stay Alert’ is a perfectly sensible slogan

May 12, 2020
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The Government is coming under a lot of criticism for its 'Stay Alert' messaging as we move incrementally out of the coronavirus lockdown. 'What exactly does this mean?' has become…

PM Boris Johnson Archbishop Justin Welby

PM to Archbishop: ‘Prepare for your pulpits’ (which you never needed to vacate)

May 11, 2020
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The Prime Minister's speech to the nation (of England) has set out a path toward normality following the period of enforced isolation and social distancing deemed necessary by the coronavirus.…

The Church should shine during lockdown

May 8, 2020
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In all honesty I cannot pretend that the lockdown has been onerous for my wife and me. Just before it was imposed, I was approaching the age at which Alex…

gabriel baraldi bournemouth poole students union pro-life tweet censored

Students’ Union president censured and censored over pro-life tweet

May 6, 2020
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Gabriel Baraldi is a student a Bournemouth & Poole College. According to his Twitter biography, he is a "Tri-National Green Conservative Christian Vegetarian". His bio also used to say "@BPCollege…

Enforced Sabbatical: Rest and Be Thankful

May 4, 2020
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This is the 17th contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. The author wishes to be known that he is a feckless waster saved by grace.…

Sheep(dog) Sunday

May 3, 2020
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Today is not liturgically designated as “Sheep Sunday”, but our lectionary readings effectively render it so, as up and down the country preachers dust off their ovine metaphors and try…

LibDems observe Ramadan, and Ed Davey lies about Lent

April 29, 2020
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Ed Davey, acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, is observing Ramadan. Apparently other LibDems are too, and it might even be the whole party, but let's focus on Ed Davey…

The Supper at Emmaus

April 26, 2020
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Today’s Gospel reading gives me the opportunity to share with you one of my favourite paintings, that of The Supper at Emmaus, by the Italian Renaissance genius Caravaggio. It hangs…

Canon Simon Butler responds to Archbishop Cranmer & Fr Marcus Walker

April 22, 2020
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This is a guest post from Canon Simon Butler, vicar of St Mary's, Battersea. ____________ I’m grateful for being given a right of reply to the article about an exchange…

Rev’d Marcus Walker returns to his pulpit: “Here I stand!”

April 20, 2020
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"We are back!" exclaims the Facebook page of Saint Bartholomew the Great, London's oldest extant church, founded in 1123 as an Augustinian Priory and which, they say, "has been in…

Adam was patient zero: he passed his virus on to all of us

April 17, 2020
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This is the 16th contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. It comes again from the Rev’d Ian Chidlow, Curate at St Mary’s Parish Church, Cheadle. …

The mission of the Church is not ‘right ethics’

April 14, 2020
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This is the 15th contribution to His Grace’s emergency team ministry during the coronavirus pestilence. The author wishes to be known as The Snail @. He has a background in…