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| INDEX PAGE |
THINGS POLITICAL !
To visit individual items, please select the appropriate title in the left hand table
This page, perhaps an indulgence, is aimed at being a forum at which ANYONE can express their views, whether or not it they coincide/concur/agree with mine. Is that fair? I hope so! Nothing that I have written will, I hope be classed as subversive, because that is not the intention. Far from it, I hope that my criticisms will be seen as constructive, even if the suggestions are not considered adoptable.
Why the separate page? Because I am conscious that, if I wish this whole site which people can visit without any embarrassment or even sense of disloyalty to their own faith, denomination or convictions, it is not helped by presenting my own stronger views throughout the site
To my great sorrow, I am in dispute with the folk who 'run' our church on a number of grounds: chiefly- and most importantly, as it concerns the belief that their is a present-day failure to present our church (that is, to remind them, the Church of England) of the precepts of the church as set up and encompassed in the Articles of Religion (see the Book of Common Prayer).
On a lesser basis, there is the failure to represent that Church of England properly, in the present quest to be "all things to all men", which usually ends up as 'nothing to anyone' (or stages in between). This can easily be resolved by closer reference to the Book of Common Prayer and attention to those services which stood the test of time for 300 years+ until the dawning of this "more enlightened" age.
And, thirdly, of course is the way in which the enlightened church offers its praise in presenting the glorious music that has been written, especially for the Anglican (and British) rite over the centuries. Should this church, as the leading church in the ever-expanding city, not be carrying this torch of excellence through this century and into the next - or do we merely wish to pander to the modern concept of being a church for the city, providing services (and OFFICIAL CEREMONIES), for folk who wish to exhibit their grandeur but feel no great loyalty/influence/obedience to the tenets of the Anglican faith.
But, don't get the impression that I wish to see all modern forms banned. Not at all -- a church serving the whole community should indeed be a broad church (always Anglican of course) and there should be room for all modes of Anglican service and music, but this should, surely include provision for the established, traditional services, including Mattins, as a part of the main services on at least one Sunday per month. The main churches in our capital city and elsewhere in the country can manage to achieve this, so why is Sunderland incapable of such !!?
IT IS FOR YOU TO DECIDE! Please let me have your opinion, pro or con, to add to the debate. If I am in the minority, however, please recognise the need to cater for minority groups !
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