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Bishop of Oxford instructs lawyers to censor Archbishop Cranmer

The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev'd Steven Croft, has instructed lawyers to demand that a post on this site be taken down. Never in its 16-year history has the Archbishop Cranmer blog received such a censorious order. That it…

Church of England contributes just 0.5% to the UK’s spiritual and religious narrative

April 11, 2022
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It's a crude headline-grabbing statistic, derived from a distinctly unscientific list of apparently random figures, but by no means without a degree of truth and reliability to it. There is…

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Oxford Dons plan litigation against Archbishop Cranmer

January 10, 2022
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In all the recent reporting in the Times and Private Eye about the continuing saga at Christ Church, Oxford, there has been a slight omission. Perhaps it's so slight that…

If Martyn Percy kills himself, the Church of England will have blood on its hands

March 21, 2021
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465 years ago today, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer was burned at the stake for 'heresy'. 15 years ago today, on the 450th anniversary of that fateful day, the Archbishop Cranmer blog…

Coronavirus pestilence: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’

March 17, 2020
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This week on 21st March the Archbishop Cranmer blog shall be 14 years old. It seemed like a good moment to call it a day: to everything there is a…

Blogging and the voice of the Church

December 29, 2019
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Someone recently tweeted that this blog should close down because people mistake it for a legitimate voice of the Church, and so it conveys a spiritual falsehood by sustaining a…

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‘Cranmer’s continual campaign against the bishops…’

October 9, 2018
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The Bishop of Willesden is of the view that the Archbishop Cranmer blog is waging a "continual campaign against the bishops". Apparently, this isn't acceptable because it confuses the political…

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Welby: Alastair Campbell is probably not going to heaven

October 3, 2017
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"Media seem to be going for gay sex and Queen funeral angles in my @BritishGQ interview with @JustinWelby," tweet-gripes Tony Blair's former spinmeister Alastair Campbell, " - loads more in…

Protect the Pope? Francis is “destroying the Catholic nature of the Church”

July 19, 2017
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'Protect the Pope' was a blog established in 2010 by the Rev'd Nick Donnelly, a kindly, humble and intelligent deacon in the Roman Catholic Church (and the second-nicest Catholic in…

Is it wrong to judge a blog by the comments it attracts?

January 9, 2017
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"I guess I find it hard to take that particular blog very seriously really," wrote the Rev'd Canon Andrew Godsall, ministry development adviser in the Diocese of Exeter, of the…

Will Theresa May restore religious liberty by adopting reasonable accommodation?

December 6, 2016
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Theresa May is an Anglican, and her faith appears to be sound and secure (ie, it doesn't fade in and out like Magic FM in the Chilterns). A few articles…

Brexit: a supreme act of foolishness perpetrated by racists, bigots and small right-wing men

June 25, 2016
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Never in a decade of blogging has so much bile and vomit been spewed in this direction. Oh, we've had our fractious moments over the years, but nothing, ever,…

A million flock to Facebook to hear Justin Welby search the scriptures

May 29, 2016
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The Archbishop of Canterbury led a live-streamed Bible study on Facebook a few weeks ago. People logged in from all over the world, including the UK, USA, South Sudan,…

Thy Kingdom Come: a week of prayer for confidence to make Jesus known

May 8, 2016
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"Jesus Christ calls every person to follow him. As Christians it’s our duty and joy to share that invitation. That’s why the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are inviting…

The revelation of Justin Welby's real father does not change nothing

April 10, 2016
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"Justin Welby. What a bastard," wrote a communicant of this blog, in a rapidly degenerating comment thread of the sort the Bishop of Buckingham insists ought to be censored:…

Archbishop Cranmer – 10 years of religio-political edification and enlightenment

March 21, 2016
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Ten years ago today, on 21st March 2006, the Archbishop Cranmer blog burst into the Blogosphere. Well, perhaps the irruption wasn't so much a burst as a seep, for…

The Church of England's investment in social media is a major embarrassment

December 7, 2015
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Quite often when I attend a variety of events and conferences, I’ll end up in conversation with total strangers from all sorts of backgrounds talking about this blog. It’s…

The ironic lack of politics at Christians in Politics

November 12, 2015
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I genuinely expected to be disappointed when I first found myself at an event organised by a Christian political group. Four years ago I put a blog together after…

Corbyn's moral mission for a kinder, more inclusive politics

September 30, 2015
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A bit doddery and oafish, Jeremy Corbyn stumbled and stammered through his first Conference speech like a 1950s grey-bearded puritan. He was robed in a bright red tie, though…

Reimagining Europe: Church wades in to EU referendum

September 1, 2015
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"In less than two years we will have a referendum on our place in Europe," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury on 'Reimagining Europe' – the Church's new blog dedicated…