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Six children confirmed or licensed to receive Holy Communion today in rural North Yorkshire. Thanks be to God!
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Andrew Carruthers
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Andrew Carruthers
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High Church Ulsterman | Theology PhD @durham_uni | postliberalism with Rowan Williams characteristics | reading: Ciaran Carson, The Táin
The North Katılım Temmuz 2012
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@northumbriana Reminds me of the footage of British forces parading out of Hong Kong for the last time, to the tune of Auld Lang Syne
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A white (warm weather) highlander’s doublet teamed with a ‘government tartan’ kilt is very stylish indeed.
Premier David Burt@BermudaPremier
This evening, Kristin and I were honoured to welcome His Majesty King Charles III to Bermuda on behalf of the Government and people of Bermuda. His Majesty’s visit is the first visit by a reigning Sovereign to a British Overseas Territory since Queen Elizabeth II visited Bermuda in 2009. During his time here, The King will meet Bermudians across the island and experience our culture, history, natural environment, and the traditions that continue to shape our community. This Royal Visit reflects the longstanding relationship between Bermuda and the United Kingdom, while providing an opportunity to showcase the warmth of our people, the beauty of our island, and the very best of who we are.
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This is a stroke of genius, and yet surely it was itself made by AI, which feels like it’s somewhat missing the point of That Hideous Strength…?
Tony Reinke@TonyReinke
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The phrase “chad Rowan Williams” has entered my consciousness as a sort of miscellaneous intrusive thought and I’m shook
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At #PMQS, Tory MP Ben Obese-Jecty has just said of heckling Labour backbenchers 'your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what makes you cheer' which is, surely, the first time Rick and Morty has been quoted in parliament
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When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.
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@cath_cov @McKinleyAn I totally see where you’re coming from and it IS fair to describe it as a matter of discipline. I suppose that one of the risks in the life of the church is our second-order issues are so tied to first-order ones that they take on a weight they wouldn’t in other circumstances!
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@a_w_carruthers @McKinleyAn That has been mentioned to me more than a few times by those who have come from PCI to CofI. I think I would still describe it as a matter of discipline. But, yes, point taken.
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I suppose people must do as they see fit but ‘conversion’ to another tradition has never appealed to me nor is it something I really understand mindingthecampus.org/2026/04/16/cat…
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@cath_cov @McKinleyAn No of course, I completely understand where you’re coming from. Perhaps it’s because of my particular sacramental perspective, but denying baptism to the children of gay couples strikes me as a profoundly theological position to take on the life and mission of the church
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@a_w_carruthers @McKinleyAn That is a fair point. I guess I would say that baptismal discipline (if that is the issue you are referring to) is not a first order issue. But, yes, I accept stylistic is not the best description.
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@cath_cov @McKinleyAn Speaking as someone who made the latter move largely because of issues relating to baptism (or for whom it was at least the final straw), I would regard this as much more theological than stylistic
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@McKinleyAn to Presbyterian and from Presbyterian to Anglican. I rarely, if ever, pick up a sense of grand theological reasons. Indeed, usually there is a view of shared theology but different styles (whether liturgy, 'social issues', or - importantly - baptismal discipline).
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@BijanOmrani @AdamPollock And also some remaining pockets of (comparative) sanity, principally @QUBLiterific - although I should declare an interest as a past president and HLM
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@AdamPollock Crumbs. Nice building though from the outside, and a couple of good second hand bookshops nearby if memory serves me rightly.
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Join Queen's University Belfast if you'd like to study for a degree in parroting a party line.
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@JoshuaPenduck viz. the general culture of HR managerialism &c.
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@JoshuaPenduck I definitely don’t think it’s reaching to say that the decline of certain faith communities that are over-represented within a political movement changes the shape of that movement. And of course there’s always the chance that New Labour changed the C of E rather than vice versa
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Question: is there a correlation between the shift of Church of England ministers from being ‘the Tory Party at prayer’ to ‘the spiritual wing of the Labour Party’, and the shift of Conservative Party from One Nation Toryism to right-wing liberalism?
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Places of Worship are 45% of our Grade I listed buildings, and are getting 6% of the funding pot announced.
We've gone from £42m/yr to £92m over five years in a very short space of time.
You pay 0% VAT on demolishing a listed place of worship, and 20% VAT to maintain it.
David Pocklington@dnpocklington
HM Government announces future funding for listed places of worship lawandreligionuk.com/2026/01/22/hm-… On 22 January, the Government announced a £1.5 billion package of support for “cultural organisations” over the coming five years...
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@benjamindcrosby I would do almost anything to get to join that faculty
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@cath_cov Hear hear! And (though this is a very secondary point) many who praise Rhodesia don’t get that its government helped create modern Zimbabwe. The way it fought the Bush War (e.g. Fireforce operations) are precisely how NOT to do counter-insurgency and just made Mugabe more popular
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Rhodesia was a state defined by racial segregation. For Christians this should be straightforwardly abhorrent.
That Zimbabwe became an authoritarian state and failed economy offers no justification for 'mourning' a racialist state.
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The mourning of Rhodesia stems from the fact that Zimbabwe went from being the breadbasket of Africa with living standards comparable to the first world to a failed state in just a couple decades. Also Rhodesia wasn't even an apartheid state lol. That's a common misconception.
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Harvard referencing is just plain wrong. It chops up the text with bizarre little hiccups and is the enemy of literary "flow". I can't be convinced otherwise! 😂
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