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09/20/2004: "The mitred mob"
Left-wing American Episcopal bishops must have been inspired by The Sopranos taking home a bagful of Emmys last night:
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is being warned that North American bishops will cut off funds from the Anglican church in Africa if they are disciplined for supporting the election of a gay bishop, in a row which threatens to split the worldwide church.
The latest warning, from a senior North American bishop, means both sides in the row are now threatening to split the 77 million-strong church unless they get their way....
...[T]he North American bishop, who is one of those who may be disciplined after the commission report, said that the American church, which underwrites the funding of many dioceses in the developing world, might then cease paying for the rest of the communion.
So here's the deal: lay down your Bibles, or we blow the kneecaps off your bank accounts. Talk about an offer the Africans can refuse. These are men who have been threatened, and in some cases physically brutalized, by some of the biggest thugs on their continent, all the while maintaining the integrity of their witness to the gospel. Does this junior-league gangster really think they're going to buckle under to a bunch of people in pointy hats waving around checkbooks?
(Thanks to Chris Johnson for the link.)
