As Archbishop of York, John Sentamu has reached the second highest ranking in the Church of England. At one point, however, there were those tipping him for an even higher office. Speaking at Holy Trinity Church, Hull, last week – and recalling his youthful, muscular Christianity in Uganda – the archbishop said: “The other boys, to silence me, would say, ‘Here comes the Pope’. And, by the way, I’ve been waiting.”
Joking apart, the Anglican archbishop recalled his troubles with the former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. “I was kicked around like a football. I saw friends hacked to death,” he said. “The words, ‘Your life is hidden with Christ in God’, were a great comfort.”
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12 October 2013, The Tablet
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I am deeply ashamed of my bishop. As a reformed protestant it is rather odd to be in agreement with so many of the godly comments on this Catholic website. Thank God that the Roman church still stands strong on this matter.
The Bishop of Buckingham says that Almost Paisley-ite Protestants have managed to share a Church with almost stratospheric Anglo Catholics.
Well, not very harmoniously. In the last quarter century, about 700 CofE clergy have resigned and joined the Catholic Church. Most have become priests, and jolly fine priests too.
Given that the CofE was a by-product of the need to 'get real about ... marriage' (specifically Henry VIII's) I am sure it will have no difficulty accommodating the secular agenda on same-sex marriage - much as it became something of a cheerleader for eugenics when that was a cause célèbre of so-called 'progressives'.
I find it astonishing (or perhaps I don't) that an Anglican Bishop can seriously suggest that homosexuality and the nature of marriage are issues that do not engage with much Scripture and the Creed.
Does anybody remember Sodom & Gomorrah? It all sounds like very bad science fiction. Saint Padre Pio once said to an Italian professor, who had a professor friend who did not believe in Hell - "Tell him that he will when he gets there." Just "who" is this Anglican Bishop working for? RogerCThibault@gmail.com
Bishop Wilson: meet Bishop Bonny.
Bishop Bonny: meet Bishop Wilson.