A few years back, Pope
Benedict created the Ordinariate for disaffected Anglicans that thought that
their religion had strayed from its Apostolic and biblical roots.
A
number of Anglicans made the move, but many more that have these concerns
stayed within the communion. Perhaps they still had hope that the
Anglican communion might return to its roots in Christianity.
Well, just in the last
few days, any and all hope in the Anglican communion should have dried up if
the statements of two of its most prominent leaders are the gauge.
Let's start with the Big
Kahuna himself, the Archbishop of Canterbury, head of the communion.
It came
out that the Anglican Church has been investing its money in companies that
profit pornography and gambling-- Yes, porn and gambling. Further,
the investment rules of the Church specifically allowed for such investments
stating "The Church's fund can invest in a company which holds up to 25%
investment in industries such as pornography, gambling and pay-day lending, as
well as 10% in weapons." Well then, its only 25% sinful I suppose.
Ok, so the investments
were handled poorly. To say the least. But the real death-knell of Anglicanism
came from the Archbishop's initial response to something absolutely repugnant
to the Christianity they purport to preach. The Archbishop's
response: "We've got to live in the real world and that means
life is very complicated and you cannot sidestep the complexity. We've also got
to be involved in day-to-day life and ask 'how do you actually live in the
reality of the complexity of life today?'"
Ah. The real world is so
very complicated. This is the statement of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. If ever there was a sign that Anglicanism has
completely lost its way it is the head of your Church justifying sin in the
name of profit using the 'real world' line of argumentation. Ya know, because
Jesus didn't know anything about the 'real world' when He came here, suffered,
and died. He never had any 'real world' experience.
The Church is now
reviewing its investment rules, not because it was sinful but because they were
caught and embarrassed.
Well, if the 'there is
no sin when compromising with the real world' doctrine of the Anglican's does
not convince you that they have irrevocably strayed from biblical and Apostolic
Christianity. How about this statement from one its most prominent and
outspoken Archbishop's, albeit now retired.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
said that he would rather go
to hell than to a heaven in which homosexuality is a sin.“
I would not worship a
God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this,” he said, by
way of denouncing religions that discriminate against gays, in Agence
France-Presse..
He added, AFP reported:
“I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I
would much rather go to the other place.”
Be careful what you wish
for, Archbishop. You might just get it.
There is no coming back
for the Anglican Communion. If there is anyone left in it that still
adheres to traditional and apostolic Christianity, then there is only one place
to turn.
The Anglican Communion is dead as is every other Christian sect
that rejects the magesterium. When you reject your moorings, you have no
choice but to drift. It's not that complicated, even in the real world.
BY PAT ARCHBOLD via ncregister.com
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