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This Anglican blogger muses here <\/a>on the possibility that the Church of England will, before too long, be publishing a liturgy for prayers at the bedside of those who have embraced a compassionate death\u2026That would be euthanasia or voluntary suicide.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCome now,\u201d I hear you chortle, \u201cLet\u2019s be realistic and just a little bit charitable towards our Anglican brothers and sisters. Surely such a thing is unthinkable!?\u201d<\/div>\n
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Uhh. Priestesses were unthinkable. Services of blessings after divorce and remarriage were unthinkable. Blessing of same sex unions were unthinkable. Openly homosexualist clergy and bishops were unthinkable. Anglican priests who are also Buddhist<\/a> priests, Hindu priests and Muslim Imams were unthinkable.<\/div>\n
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Believe me. Take what is unthinkable. Give it to the Anglicans. They\u2019ll not only make it thinkable, they\u2019ll give it an urbane gloss, do some theological gobbledegook doublespeak and hey presto, it is not only the latest \u2018Christian\u2019 gimmick, but they\u2019ll praise themselves for being \u2018theological and liturgical pioneers\u2019 who bravely go where the others eventually will follow.<\/div>\n
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They will say, \u201cYou know, we put the liturgy in the vernacular, and eventually the Roman Catholic church followed. It may take some time, but the Roman Catholic Church will also have women priests and liturgies for assisted death.<\/div>\n
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Assisted death? Voluntary suicide? Just about sums up the Anglican\/Episcopal Church as far as I can make out.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Anglican blogger muses here on the possibility that the Church of England will, before too long, be publishing a liturgy for prayers at the bedside of those who have embraced a compassionate death\u2026That would be euthanasia or voluntary suicide. \u201cCome now,\u201d I hear you chortle, \u201cLet\u2019s be realistic and just a little bit charitable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCofE and Assisted Death<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Anglican blogger muses here on the possibility that the Church of England will, before too long, be publishing a liturgy for prayers at the bedside\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/09\/cofe-and-assisted-death.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CofE and Assisted Death\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Anglican blogger muses here on the possibility that the Church of England will, before too long, be publishing a liturgy for prayers at the bedside\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2009\/09\/cofe-and-assisted-death.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fr. 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