Rob Sisson

@BishopDewar I agree, but the Bishop’s use of Ambrose of Milan begs the question: what of St. Thomas More and King Henry VIII? Had Henry defended the faith then, the Bishop would be Catholic today.

As a Bishop, I cannot stay silent. I have today drafted and sent an open letter to His Majesty King Charles III, the text of which reads as follows: To: His Majesty, Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and the Realms, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Bearer of the ancient title Defender of the Faith. Your Majesty, I write to you neither as a politician nor as a commentator, but as one of your loyal subjects who, as a bishop of Christ’s Church, cannot remain silent while the Christian foundations of this kingdom are steadily dismantled. Sir, there are moments in the life of a nation when silence becomes a form of betrayal. If I refused to speak to Your Majesty now, this would be such a moment. For more than a thousand years the Crown of this realm has stood in solemn covenant with the Christian faith. The laws of this land were shaped by it. The liberties of our people were nurtured by it. The conscience of our civilisation was formed by it. From the abbeys of medieval England to the parish churches of our villages, from the preaching of the Reformers to the missionary zeal that carried the Gospel to the ends of the earth, the Christian faith has not merely influenced Britain — it has defined her. Yet today that inheritance is being quietly but deliberately eroded. Across the institutions of this nation there is a growing hostility toward the faith that built them. Christian belief is mocked in the public square. Christian morality is dismissed as intolerance. Christian institutions are pressured to surrender doctrine in order to conform to the ideology of the age. Within the very Church that bears the name of England, voices have arisen that appear more eager to mirror the spirit of the age than to proclaim the eternal truth of the Gospel. Meanwhile, beyond the walls of our churches, powerful political movements openly speak of removing Christianity from its historic place within the life of this nation. What would once have been whispered is now proclaimed openly: that Britain must become a post-Christian state. It is in this context that I write to you, Your Majesty. For the British Crown does not stand apart from this crisis. The Sovereign of this realm bears a title that is not merely historic but sacred in its origin and meaning: Defender of the Faith. Those words are not decorative. They are a charge. They speak of a monarch whose duty is not merely to preside over the ceremonies of the Church, but to stand as a guardian of the Christian inheritance of the nation. Yet many among your subjects now ask, with increasing anxiety: “Who will defend that inheritance today?” They see a nation drifting from its foundations. And they ask whether the Crown will remain silent while that inheritance is dismantled. Your Majesty, may I be so bold as to observe that your coronation oath was not a poetic formality. It was a solemn vow made before Almighty God to maintain and preserve the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law. Those words bind the conscience of the sovereign. They remind the Crown that its authority is not merely constitutional but moral. The monarch is not merely a symbol of national continuity, but a custodian of the spiritual inheritance that shaped this realm. History records moments when kings and emperors were confronted by the Church and reminded that their authority was accountable before God. In the fourth century Ambrose of Milan stood before the Emperor Theodosius I and reminded him that even the ruler of an empire must bow before the moral law of Christ. That tradition of prophetic witness has never disappeared. Nor should it. For when rulers forget the foundations upon which their authority rests, the Church must speak — not with hostility, but with holy clarity. And so, I write to say this, Your Majesty: The Christian character of this nation is under profound and accelerating assault. If the Crown does not stand visibly and courageously in defence of that inheritance, history will record that the guardians of Britain’s institutions watched in silence as the foundations were removed. The issue before us is not nostalgia. It is civilisation. Remove Christianity from the story of Britain and you do not create a neutral society — you create a moral vacuum. And history teaches us that moral vacuums are never left empty for long. Your Majesty now stands at a crossroads that few monarchs in modern history have faced. For the erosion of Britain’s Christian inheritance will not ultimately be judged by speeches made in Parliament or debates in the press. It will be judged by whether those entrusted with the guardianship of our ancient institutions chose to defend them — or merely preside over their quiet surrender. You may preside over the quiet dissolution of Britain’s Christian identity. Or you may rise to the ancient responsibility entrusted to the Crown and speak with clarity about the faith that built this kingdom. The first path requires little courage. The second will require a great deal. But it is the path that history honours. Your Majesty’s subjects are not asking for religious coercion. They are asking for leadership. They are asking that the sovereign who bears the title Defender of the Faith remember what that title means. They are asking that the Crown hear the growing cry of anguish from Christians across this land who feel that the spiritual inheritance of their nation is being surrendered without resistance. And they are asking whether the Crown will stand with them. For the faith that shaped Britain is not merely a cultural ornament. It is the wellspring from which our laws, our liberties, and our moral imagination have flowed. If it is cast aside, the nation will discover — too late — that it has severed itself from the very roots that sustained it. Your Majesty, to many the Crown is a symbol of authority. But before God it is also a symbol of stewardship. And stewardship carries with it the duty to defend what has been entrusted. May Almighty God grant Your Majesty the wisdom to discern this hour, and the courage to fulfil the sacred duty entrusted to the Crown. Yours faithfully, Bishop Ceirion H. Dewar FSHC Missionary Bishop Diocese of Providence Confessing Anglican Church @PhilHs10 @RevBrettMurphy @revwickland @BishopRobert1 @GBNews @TalkTV @danwootton @Jacob_Rees_Mogg @LozzaFox @BackBrexitBen @RupertLowe10 @KemiBadenoch @JohnCleese

Over the past several weeks, Carrie Prejean Boller has complained that she was removed from the Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty because of her Catholic beliefs, and she has called out myself and other Catholic members of the commission for not defending her. This is absurd. Mrs. Prejean Boller was not dismissed for her religious convictions but rather for her behavior at a gathering of the Commission last month: browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes. The Catholic position on matters of “Zionism,” to which I fully subscribe, is as follows: all forms of antisemitism are to be unequivocally condemned; the state of Israel has a right to exist; but the modern nation of Israel does not represent the fulfillment of Biblical prophecies and hence does not stand beyond criticism. If Mrs. Prejean Boller were dismissed for holding these beliefs, it is difficult to understand why I am still a member of the Commission. To paint herself as a victim of anti-Catholic prejudice or to claim that her religious liberty has been denied is simply preposterous.

@MrsMassacre @8flat I’m over in Trail Creek. Bozangeles zip code, but I tell everyone “Livingston”.

@8flat I love it. Where is your ranch? Ours is in Paradise Valley.

I designed this and had it custom made. She asked how big I wanted it, and I told her "Make it big enough that they're absolutely sure I meant every fucking word of it". She didn't disappoint. Montana is full.

Thankful for BZN @TSA agents today. Got us through security in 2 minutes with good cheer and smiles. If I had a magic wand, they’d get their paychecks.

I’m a big fan of Megan’s…it’s the phrase “the vast majority of its existence” that I’m speaking to. Today, there are approximately 70 million Catholics and and almost equal number of former Catholics in the US. After our founding, I thinks it’s fair to say “Christianity” was the dominant influence not Protestant or Catholic. From missionary work west of the original colonies to modern healthcare, Catholics were/are just as influential.

@Rob_Sisson @roddreher @megbasham She is talking about the Founding Fathers

I've spent most of my life as a non-Protestant Christian. I love my Protestant brothers and sisters in Christ, though I think they are profoundly wrong on some important matters. Still, I think what @megbasham says here is obviously true, as a matter of historical fact.

"We have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people ever received...a heritage of mountain, forest, and river." - Teddy Roosevelt

@jeanninee12 …and grits.

Get a waffle, crispy. Side of bacon. Heaven

So much of public policy making can be (should be?) framed by The Parable of The Talents, Matthew 25: 14-30.

The fraud news from Minnesota and California should make every taxpayers' blood boil. But, even worse, is the opportunity cost of those fraudulent expenditures. Those billions could have supported rural hospitals, long term care for elderly, etc. Or not spent and reduced the deficit.

Oikophilia candle from @ScrutonInst

I traveled by air a couple times a month during 2019-2024 and saw @TSA officers abused and mistreated by travelers every trip. Their job is extremely difficult and are owed our thanks and respect. They absolutely deserve a paycheck @TheDemocrats .

This week on MT Angle: water security on the Hi-Line and the Fort Belknap water settlement.

@ACC_National Theodore

Dirt roads and good dogs.

Mr. Smith filibusters the way it’s meant to be done📜#MrSmithGoestoWashing... youtube.com/shorts/f5B6Hth… via @YouTube

@jeanninee12 @DFWAirport Many thanks to @TSA officers who are working without pay for over a month now. Air travel is vital and they’re sacrificing their own financial welfare to ensure the rest of us can travel.

This was my experience going through security at @DFWAirport at 8:45 this morning. Zero issues

Our wonderful Congressman ⁦@RyanZinke⁩ introducing our next Congressman ⁦@aaronflint⁩.

@potus sent a thank you note to me—in early 2024–after his successor replaced me as an IJC Commissioner and included a thank you to my wife by name for supporting me in public service. I’m so grateful for his kind gesture.

@StephenM Edmund Burke and Roger Scruton are spinning in their graves.

700 years

@RickDeVos All I can think of is my dear, late father-in-law who never let us leave his place for our 3-hour drive home until he washed our windshield. Maybe "windshield cleaner" will be a first role for @elon's robots.

Can’t get over how these things look like some sort of Pixar character.