Religious Item #2: The Anglican Church

Oct 13 20:19 UTC 2003

News reports -- forgive me for not pasting in a link -- are that the 
Anglican Church is nearing a schism over the liberal US wing's 
insistence on consecrating an openly gay bishop.  This is seen 
as intolerable by the conservatives in the church, particularly
those in Africa.
 
I've always been intensely curious about the ideological foundations
of the Anglican Church.  Somehow the desire of King Henry to get a 
divorce seems like a shaky foundation for a religious community, 
and the idea of the Queen of England as a figure with a religious 
role strikes me as a relic of the medieval period.
 
Disclosure, again: I was raised Lutheran and I'm sure that conveys 
all sorts of biases.

response 2 of 45:

Oct 13 20:50 UTC 2003

I have often loved the quote I found on an Anglican web page:
 
"Jesus came to take away your sins, not your mind."