New "Archbishop" of Canterbury is a woman

[Leading Lady]

There are very Protestant-looking Anglicans, too. And the various Books of Common Prayer have less and less to do with each other. Remember that I grew up Episcopalian!

The Book of Common Prayer, in its 1662 version, is, after the KJV Bible (which, especially in the New Testament, is mostly William Tyndale) and Shakespeare, the most influential book in the English language.

There is so much language that we take for granted, which originated in the Book of Common Prayer.

The wording of the Our Father, which both Catholics and Protestants recite, comes not from any translation of the Bible, but from the Book of Common Prayer.

The wedding liturgy we see in every TV show and movie

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony, etc, and the wedding vows "for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health...." comes from the Book of Common Prayer. It is so commonly known that it is used everywhere, even in secular weddings.

The funeral rites, the whole "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" etc, come from the Book of Common Prayer

The Lord’s prayer comes from Jesus. That’s what Jesus taught the disciples to pray.

[Leading Lady]

I think the catholic Church needs to come out with a strong statement against this

Everyone knows the Catholic Church is opposed to women's ordination, even Pope Francis, the most liberal pope since Paul VI, flatly said, in response to a question from a journalist, "Is there any chance for women's ordination?" by simply saying "No".

Although this fact is not exactly helped by an overeager Cardinal Cupich congratulating her on her "Ordination", women cannot be ordained, and she is not a bishop. The see of Canterbury is as vacant today as it was the day before her election.

I am a little disgusted by the overwhelming desire for "dialogue" with the C of E. What is the point of such dialogue at this juncture? We have been in dialogue with them for 60 years, and they are not in the least concerned with compromise but keep pushing the envelope further and further. At this point, Rome is like a husband still reaching out to his wife, asking for reconciliation even after she moved cross country, divorced him, and married another guy, and has 3 kids by him. There has to come a point where he accepts the marriage is over.

I agree! There are 2 issues. First she’s a woman (and this coming from another woman) and second she serves the beast antichrist of this time, the LGBQ+ movement. We shouldn’t congratulate anyone representing that evil in ANY position.

[Leading Lady]

In 1948, CS Lewis wrote an essay titled "Priestesses in the Church?"

I remembered reading this, so I looked it up.

His argument is extremely perceptive.

He says that the priest acts in the person of Christ, so if a woman can be a priest, then Christ is a woman, and the Church must be masculine, or the marriage supper of the Lamb would involve two brides. Gay marriage.

Then he says that ordaining women will lead to the idea that there is no difference between men and women, and they are interchangeable. Transgender ideology.


He then says that we might as well start praying "Our Mother" instead of "Our Father", well, today many liberal churches actually do this,

Everything he said would result from women's ordination has happened. Amazingly perceptive.

Wow! He was ahead of his time and so right!

[Doom]

The Lord’s prayer comes from Jesus. That’s what Jesus taught the disciples to pray.

Wow! Talk about missing the point.