Times June 28 2880: The Anglican Communion will be split tomorrow when conservatives representing more than half its total membership will announce the formation of a new orthodox body to be a stronghold against liberal views. It will be schism in all but name.

Millions of Anglicans and entire provinces in the Global South … want nothing more to do with their former colonial masters who have adopted a theology that they find too liberal.

This is from a Daily Telegraph reader’s email: “The Christain Church and its sub-denominations are the largest landowners and Freeholders of rented property in the UK. They are far from hard-up”

When some C of E rented spokesman says “Let them all come”, he may well mean “Let them all come – we will collect rent from them, which the taxpayer will be forced to pay as housing benefit.” I only thought of that yesterday – it’s typical of the near-dead state of British political reporting that nobody mentioned this possibility, anywhere, as far as I know.

It also mirrors the reasons* for the various church splits that happened in the 17th-18th centuries, e.g., into Independents, Congregationalists, Separatists etc., some of whom even became Baptists. *i.e. dissatisfaction with the established church.

(John Bunyan in The Pilgrim’s Progress Part 2 even referred to the national church as “the beast” of Revelation 13 – no-one’s gone quite that far yet at the present time.)

In other words, England has been here before. Dissenter dissatisfaction with a hollowed-out, almost moribund national church was partly what inspired the Wesleyan Revolution of the 18th century. But as the history of revival shows, the 1611 Authorized King James Bible is the essential instrument of revival in the hands of men like Wesley, Whitefield and others. This condition is basic. As indeed the history of non-revival of the 20th century demonstrates. You are also right about the BNP’s role. It is a secular organisation, not an ecclesiastical one. But to the extent that the laws and customs of the realm are bible-based, it can at least uphold and defend such principles (as indeed it does). Especially when the church custodians of those laws and customs have largely fled the field of battle or defected to the enemy.

“In Britain today, people of many different faiths and beliefs live side by side.”

And some segregate themselves, making whole areas no-go zones for people of other faiths and cultures.
Time to start another petition. After all, didn’t McBroon promise to listen to the people from now on? ROFLMAO

Petition:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to make a public statement that defends the indigenous British way of life and repel any attempt by anyone at any time to remove our culture and Christian foundation to satisfy political correctness or political expediency.

Reply:
The Government recognises that the Christian Churches have had an immense historic influence in shaping society, and make significant contributions in a wide range of areas such as community development, education, social inclusion and heritage. For these reasons, the Churches have made and continue to make a particular and distinctive contribution to the development and implementation of Government policy in certain areas. The Government welcomes their continuing contribution.

In Britain today, people of many different faiths and beliefs live side by side. The Government wants us all to live in a Britain of strong, confident communities, where people of all different backgrounds get on together.

You can view it here : http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15713.asp

The evidence is though that the Church hierarchy will do little for itself; they are like old people who send money to the charities that bombard them with begging letters – rather than decide for themselves what’s best. Politically one has to face the fact the C of E is either useless and sponging, or actually harmful. I suppose it’s conceivable this may change – after all they should in theory have some grasp of what Islam and Judaism are about – but I certainly won’t hold my breath. The best approach to voters I think is to say the BNP espouses Christian values or essence or aspirations, without too much detail…

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Don’t forget the C of E is the biggest voluntary organisation in the UK, by far. – Ed.

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An Angel writing in a book of gold:

Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,
And to the Presence in the room he said,
“What writest thou?” The Vision raised its head,
And with a look made of all sweet accord
Answered, “The names of those who love the Lord.”

“And is mine one?” said Abou. “Nay, not so,”
Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low,
But cheerily still; and said, “I pray thee, then,
Write me as one who loves his fellow men.”

The Angel wrote, and vanished. The next night
It came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blessed,
And, lo! Ben Adhem’s name led all the rest!

– James Leigh Hunt

Abou’s tribe has increased alright but what comes next somewhere to house the tribe and a new land to colonise maybe?

“A sapping and mining process has been long going on under our feet, of which we are beginning at last to see a little. We shall see a good deal more by and by.”

We are.

It began with the Oxford Movement, 1833-1845, aimed at diverting the Church of England from the 1611 English King James Bible as its final authority to a more ritualistic basis, like that of the Church of Rome.

The other main line of attack was the replacement of the 1611 English Bible with a Romish text, the Revised Version, which was published in 1881 (NT) and 1884 (OT+NT). The prime movers were two Cambridge academics, B.F. Westcott and F.J.A. Hort. Westcott was a Bishop of Durham. His name is listed in the cathedral. They had worked on the project secretly since 1870.

The RV virtually disappeared off the radar before 1900 but the damage was done. The C of E was persuaded to abandon the 1611 Bible for the opinions of academics* on faith and morals and to move closer to the ritualism of the Oxford Movement.

The national church has never recovered from these twin assaults. It is now a hollowed-out shell (showing that Common Purpose existed long before it was called that).

Once a church abandons its biblical basis for authority, it has none left, unless it can dupe its adherents with a combination of bullying and superstitution, as in say, Latin America. Although not from a biblical foundation as such, Islam is the same (a state church), as is Marxism (the ’state religion’ is evolutionary atheism).

Whether this latest report is the C of E’s final death throes or the result of somebody stumbling over a KJB, I don’t know. I hope the latter.

*Note that the C of E’s bizarre anti-biblical attitude on many issues, e.g. ‘gay’ marriage (that astounds even non-church goers), is very ‘academic’ in nature. As one who had considerable contact with academics over the years, I can well believe that those in the church realm could live in a kind of adult Disney dream world rather than the real one that most folk have to cope with.

“AN Islamic website which backs suicide bombers got a £35,000 Government grant – a month before the anniversary of the 7/7 attacks. “

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1263018.ece

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So this country is not at all mad, then. – Ed.

The times they are a-changing.

Rock on, Archbishops! The BNP is right behind you, even if it takes you a while to ‘come out’ and admit we are the only political party from whom you can expect full support… so long as you’re doing your job, we’ll do ours okay?!

I’ve come to the conclusion he’ll be reborn as a rat, because of his consummate timing in abandoning the sinking ship at just the right moment.

Hazel Blears will come back as an ostrich as a result of her profound understanding of the Islamic threat.

Gordon Brown will return as a lemming, as befits his headlong rush to disaster.

David Cameron will be reincarnated as a weasel because of his way with words, especially concerning the Lisbon Treaty.

All the rest of the MPs will have future lives in the form of leeches, sheep-ticks and tapeworms – for obvious reasons.

No wonder the liberal/left Establishment attempts to silence revisionist historians. If the public knew only a fraction of what is contained in this amazing book.

What exactly is Hazel Blears saying? Is she trying to encourage Christians to become “radical” and start blowing things up so they can get more funding?

How fast would the state move to close down all the Churches and outlaw Christianity if some crazed Church goer strapped on a vest full of c4 and blew up a Mosque…or is that what these Marxists actually want?

The thing is, if they are against all religious ideals, won’t they eventually be turning their attention on Islam when they have finished with us Christians?