tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post1925719512953378648..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: Post-CommunionDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-67241553572403201922013-02-04T22:51:33.244+00:002013-02-04T22:51:33.244+00:00The very worst thing about the modern Church of En...The very worst thing about the modern Church of England (and as you can imagine, that's up against some pretty stiff competition), and almost the most bizarre, is its claim to be the mother of a worldwide communion. As DL observes, the communion never wanted to be connected to the Church of England as a whole - and as he implies, it has never been a communion in a real sense anyway. Imitation being the sincerest form etc., Rome should be extremely flattered.<br /><br />If the Church of England were truly the imperialist and erastian body she claims to be she would be really monstrous. Happily the continual and longstanding passive resistance of her best members prevents this - as our Papist host also graciously implies. I sometimes think I am the last Old High Churchman left, until I meet the others, and wonder how we have all survived. The gates of hell shall not prevail, I suppose...Sui Jurishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09730688362896132933noreply@blogger.com