Yet again....

Yesterday I was sent a link to a scurrilous little diatribe in the rag that rejoices in the title of the Guardian - though what it is guarding besides its own sense of libertarian self-importance is beyond me.

This little diatribe was a rant about traditionalists in the Church of England and the resignation of the Bishops of Ebbsfleet, Richborough and Fulham. The subtext seemed to be: "the rest of them should clear off as well;" as if somehow the majority votes of the previous General Synod equate with ecclesial and theological truth.

Even more worrying was the failure to distinguish between "The Church" and the Church of England. But then self-importance is so rife these days.

Very annoying and scandalous was the cheap attempt (once more from this author) to link the theological and ecclesial convictions of traditionalists with Racism. Strange that, as many of the Anglo-Catholics I know have multi-racial congregations. The author perhaps knows this, but like all shoddy journalists never will let truth stand in the way of a good attempt to besmirch the character of those he disagrees with.

Then there was an appeal to progressive Roman Catholics he had talked to. Well, dear, we can all do that.

In the end I found it all rather tedious and sad, poorly argued and, having just come in from ministering to someone terminally ill, I wondered when the author last spent anytime on planet earth rather than planet blog.