"The Church of England is to launch a poster campaign aimed at challenging the anti-migrant message of Tommy Robinson, whose 'Unite the Kingdom' movement has urged its supporters to join a carols event next weekend to 'put the Christ back into Christmas'.
The posters, which will go on display at bus stops, say 'Christ has always been in Christmas' and 'Outsiders welcome'."
~ Harriet Sherwood
The (now former) Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Willams, reflects on the season of Advent: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PzTYPeiiSpU&si=b9LoF9b2sOCO02WA
#Advent #AdventSunday #FirstSundayOfAdvent #WatchingAndWaiting #Anglicanism #ChurchOfEngland #EpiscopalChurch
At St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne for the installation of The Right Revd Dr Ric Thorpe as Archbishop of Melbourne. This marks a significant moment for Anglicans across Victoria as we welcome our new Archbishop and on Advent Sunday. The installation of an Archbishop is a act of apostolic succession, connecting our local church to the ancient tradition of bishops shepherding God's people. As Archbishop Thorpe takes on this responsibility,I pray for wisdom and grace in his leadership of our diocese and province. Today I witness continuity and renewal in the life of the Church.
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Its worrying that the right-wingers are targeting the #ChurchofEngland with their attempts at US-inspired "muscular Christianity" (rather than flocking towards newer US-inspired Protestant denominations which I had expected them to do), and it also appears they are going more for #patriarchy and #desecularisation (hoping the Church can take a larger role in society again?) than overt #racism (as many priests/vicars of the #CofE nowadays are black / brown !)
it appears they are hoping to force the CofE back to the "Low Church" ethos it had back in the 1970s and spark off a "soft crusade" in the UK, pushing back against what they perceive to be rise of #Islam
#UK # Religion #Christianity
'Because of God, love wins': Gay priest gives powerful sermon about authenticity of LGBTQ love
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/church-of-england-and-lgbtq
http://www.simonknott.co.uk/citychurches/london.htm
A delight for anybody interested in London, the City, churches, the Church of England, architecture, photography...
#CityChurches #London #ChurchOfEngland #Architecture #Photography
Heute ist #Reformationstag. Im Kirchenkreis #Erfurt haben wir Gäste aus #Bradford. Für uns ist es eine wichtige Partnerschaft mit der #ChurchOfEngland. Bischof Nick Bains aus #Leeds predigt beim zentralen Gottesdienst in der Augustinerkirche.
The Anglican Split
There may well be a few accusations of heresy in the Anglican world after a big split.
Anglicanism, known in the UK as The Church of England, has split asunder. Prior to this split, the first among equals (essentially the leader) in the Anglican world was the Archbishop of Canterbury. That has now changed.
A large and more conservative element within The Anglican Communion (Gafcon) had formed their own thing within the wider stage of global Anglicanism. Very recently, they declared that they were the true Anglicans and those who remain under Canterbury were not. This kind of excommunicates the Church of England. That sounds an awful lot like an accusation of heresy to me.
What’s got Gafcon’s knickers in a twist are things like the appointment of a female archbishop because this is a boys-only club (no girls allowed) or something. They are also upset that Anglican vicars are allowed to be okay with same-sex marriages.
The issues which divide the global Anglican Communion included the ordination of women bishops in 2014 and the acceptance of same-sex relationships in 2023.
Many conservative Christians believe that only men should be consecrated as bishops.
The BBC giving a more balanced report if you like that sort of thing.
Choose your heresy – whichever side you pick, you’ll pretty much be something of a heretic to the other side. Gafcon have gone on record calling the current state of the Church of England “in apostasy”. To be an apostate is just a fancy way to say being a heretic.
#Anglican #change #ChurchOfEngland #Gafcon #ordinationOfWomen #sameGenderMarriage #splitsAndDivisions
King Charles, Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/23/king-charles-prays-publicly-with-pope-leo
Charles becomes first reigning British monarch to pray with a pope publicly since Henry VIII split from Rome in 1534
#religion #Catholic #Anglican #ChurchOfEngland #PopeLeo #KingCharles #news
#ChurchofEngland #Priests Vow to Keep Blessing #SameSex #Weddings Despite New Rule
https://www.them.us/story/church-of-england-bishops-same-sex-marriages-unions-blessing
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary
This is 1 of the 4 Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII gave its definition on November 1, 1950 with his apostolic constitution named Munificentissimus Deus as the Assumption of Mary, body & soul, into Heaven. It’s celebrated on August 15th.
Munificentissimus Deus mentions several Holy Fathers, theologians, & Doctor of the Church who held to the Assumption of Mary are: Adrian I, Sergius I, Leo IV, John of Damascus, Amadeus of Lausanne, Modestus of Jerusalem, Anthony of Padua, Albertus Magnus, Thomas of Aquinas, Bonaventure, Bernardino of Siena, Robert Bellarmine, Francis de Sales, Peter Canisius, Francisco Suarez, etc.
It’s debated between theologians, clergy, & laypeople whether Mary actually died or whether she was raised up to eternal life without bodily death.
In Eastern Christianity, they have an equal belief called the Dormition of the Mother of God, or the “Falling Asleep of the Mother of God.” In Lutheran churches, August 15 is celebrated as the Feast of St. Mary. Some Anglican denominations observe August 15 under a variety of names, including the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin or the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
In the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary, this is credited to Joseph of Arimathea, 1 of the apostles (often pictured as Thomas the Apostle, of Doubting Thomas fame), wasn’t there at the time of Mary’s death. But he gets there late. This brought about a reopening of Mary’s tomb. Only Mary’s grave clothes were found in the empty tomb. Just like her son, Jesus. Subsequently, Mary drops her girdle down to the apostles, from Heaven, as proof of the event happening.
The feast was commanded for Constantinople on August 15 by Emperor Maurice in 600. About 50 years later, it was introduced in Rome & is mentioned in a papal decree of Sergius (687-701), who started a procession for the feast.
Pope Leo IV gave the feast a vigil & an octave to solemnise it above all others. An octave is the 8th day after a church festival, including the day of the festival. Pope Nicholas I placed it on a par with Christmas & Easter. On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of the Virgin Mary as a dogma of faith.
In the 12th century, a German nun Elisabeth of Schonau was allegedly granted visions of Mary & Jesus. This had a far-reaching influence on the Western Church’s tradition. In her work Visio de resurrectione beaten Virginia Mariae, she tells how Mary was assumed in body & soul into Heaven.
On May 1, 1950, Gilles Bouhours, who was a Marian seer, reported to Pope Pius XII a supposed message that the Virgin Mary would have ordered him to tell the Pope on the dogma of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary.
It’s said that Pius XII asked God for a sign that could reassure him that the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was ACTUALLY wanted by God. This just happened to be during the Holy Year of 1950.
When Gilles communicated the message to Pius XII, the Pope considered this message the hoped for granted to Gilles by the Pope. Pius XII himself said the dogma of the Assumption of the body & soul of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.
Some Catholics believe that Mary passed away before being assumed. But they believe that she was miraculously resurrected before being assumed. This is a moralistic interpretation. Others believe she was assumed bodily into Heaven without dying first. This is an immoralistic interpretation. Either interpretation can be held legitimately by Catholics, with Eastern Catholics observing the Feast as the Dormition.
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church on August 15th. The Eastern Orthodox & Eastern Catholics celebrated the Dormition of the Mother of God on this date. This is also called the Dormition of the Theotokos, the “falling asleep of the Mother of God. It’s preceded by a 14-day period of fasting.
Eastern Christians believe Mary died a natural death, that he soul was received by Christ upon death, that her body was resurrected after her death, & that she was taken up into a Heaven bodily in anticipation of the general resurrection.
Views differ within Protestantism. They are those with a theology closer to Catholicism sometimes believing in a bodily assumption. Most Protestants don’t believe this.
The Lutheran Church kept the Feast of the Assumption of Mary after the Reformation. They designated August 15th as a lesser festival named “Mary, Mother of Our Lord” or “St. Mary, Mother of our Lord.”
While in Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary is accepted by some & rejected by others. It disappeared from Anglican worship in 1549. It partially returned to Anglo-Catholic tradition during the 20th century under different names.
A Marian feast on August 15th is celebrated by the Church of England as a non-specific feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast is called by the Scottish Episcopal Church it’s a feast called “St. Mary the Virgin.” Other Anglican provinces have a feast of the Dormition. The Anglican Church of Canada’s Book of Common Prayer (1962) marks the day as the “Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
Assumption Day on August 15th is a nationwide public holiday in Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chile, Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Gabon, Greece, Georgia (the country), Republic of Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro (Albanian Catholics), Paraguay, Philippines (Maragondon, Cavite), Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, To go, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tahiti, & Vanuatu. It was also in Hungary until 1948.
It’s also a public holiday in parts of Germany (parts of Bavaria & Saarland), Switzerland (in 14 of 26 countries), & Bosnia & Herzegovina. In Guatemala, it is observed in Guatemala City & the town of Santa Maria Nebaj. Both cities claim her as their patron saint. In Costa Rica & parts of Belgium, the day is combined with Mother’s Day.
Prominent Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, & Oriental Orthodox countries in which Assumption Day is an important feast day but isn’t a public holiday recognized by the state include the Czech Republic, Ireland, Mexico, the Philippines, & Russia. In Bulgaria, the Feast of the Assumption is the biggest Eastern Orthodox celebration of the Holy Virgin. In Eastern Orthodox churches following the Julian Calendar, the feast day falls on August 28th.
In the Maronite church, the Assumption of Mary is known as the “Assumption of the Holy Mother of God.” It’s celebrated on August 15th.
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The future has arrived: GAFCON takes control of the Anglican Communion
To our dear Anglican brothers and sisters in Christ. Grace and peace to you in the name of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ChurchofEngland #GAFCON #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/191726/
Sarah Mullally: Challenges and Opportunities as the First Female Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally has been appointed as the first female archbishop of Canterbury, marking a historic moment in the Church of England. Her leadership is widely praised for wisdom, intelligence, courage, and compassion, qualities that will be essential as she navigates complex challenges. Despite progre... [More info]
"Significant and powerful factions of the Church of England and Anglican communion resist [blessing same-sex unions, which she supports]. Gafcon (the Global Anglican Future Conference), a network of conservative churches, has already announced that it receives the news of Bishop Sarah’s appointment 'with sorrow'."
#Anglican #Episcopalian #ChurchofEngland #SarahMullally #ArchbishopofCanterbury #women #misogyny #homophobia
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"and one bishop (the bishop of Ebbsfleet) who does not believe women should be in authority over men in the church. Furthermore, there are still nearly 600 churches, according to Women and the Church, that continue to limit women, where she might not be able to preside over the bread and wine or preach."
#Anglican #Episcopalian #ChurchofEngland #SarahMullally #ArchbishopofCanterbury #women #misogyny
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"As archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Sarah will preside over a church that is open to women being priests and bishops but, at the same time, has seven serving bishops who welcome her as their new archbishop but would not personally receive communion from her (the bishops of Blackburn, Chichester, Beverley, Fulham, Oswestry, Richborough and Lewes);"
#Anglican #Episcopalian #ChurchofEngland #SarahMullally #ArchbishopofCanterbury #women #misogyny
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"in February of this year at General Synod, the church’s national assembly, she broke down in tears as she brought to mind the many 'micro-aggressions' she has been subjected to. I would hazard a guess that some of those incidents were not micro at all."
#Anglican #Episcopalian #ChurchofEngland #SarahMullally #ArchbishopofCanterbury #women #misogyny
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Martine Osborne notes all that Sarah Mulla;ly is up against as the first female archbishop of Canterbury:
"One in five churches in London have passed resolutions to limit women from being vicars or from consecrating the bread and wine. She has been on the receiving end of misogynistic behaviour:"
#Anglican #Episcopalian #ChurchofEngland #SarahMullally #ArchbishopofCanterbury #women #misogyny
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/05/archbishop-of-canterbury-sarah-mullally-change
