Betraying Saint George
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Sat, 2006-07-15 21:08
A quote from Paul J. Cella on Enchiridion Militis, 13 July 2006
In case it escaped your notice, as it did mine: according to the Daily Mail, the Church of England is considering abandoning St. George as its patron saint “on the grounds that his image is too warlike and may offend Muslims.” [...] What is there to say of the pitiable and paralyzing delusion that by renouncing our own legends, or our stories, or our symbols – by which we feeble men have long kindled our imagination to deeds of nobility – that by this violence against ourselves we might appease the enemy?
Sirs,I have it on the
Submitted by Cranmer on Sat, 2006-07-15 21:25.
Sirs,
I have it on the highest authority that there is no truth in this story at all. The General Synod of the Church of England has tabled no such motion, and no-one with whom I have spoken (at senior levels) knows anyone who has.