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Blair sparks 'holy row'
Independent ^ | December 24, 2007 | Tony Jones and Daniel Bentley

Posted on 12/24/2007 5:48:49 AM PST by NYer

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1 posted on 12/24/2007 5:48:51 AM PST by NYer
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2 posted on 12/24/2007 5:50:36 AM PST by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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This year the Episcopal Church has had two diocesan bishops resign and immediately begin their conversion process to the Roman church.


3 posted on 12/24/2007 6:01:41 AM PST by elpadre
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That's why it's called "conversion". I believe the Apostle Paul had one of the first conversions, IIRC.

Welcome to the Church, Mr. Blair.

4 posted on 12/24/2007 6:03:14 AM PST by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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Paul’s conversion was life changing. I wonder if Blair’s is? Has he renounced abortion and gay unions? Is his conversion one of mind, soul and body? I wonder...


5 posted on 12/24/2007 6:08:06 AM PST by Russ
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Converting while in office would have caused the former premier, now a Middle-East peace envoy, problems in connection with issues such as abortion, contraception, homosexuality and faith schools.

Er, dude, welcome home. But why didn't you do the right thing while you were still in office?

Did P.M. Blair have a rapid interior conversion only after he'd done all this damage? Either way, he really needs to renounce his Culture of Death promotion and do some public and serious penance, in my opinion, or he's rather a coward.

6 posted on 12/24/2007 6:08:44 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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Don’t worry about it—God knows.


7 posted on 12/24/2007 6:12:46 AM PST by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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Everybody including Blair’s choice of religion is his own personal business.

We have no right to critize his choice for any reason. That includes Romney, Bush, and Blair!


8 posted on 12/24/2007 6:15:11 AM PST by Sen Jack S. Fogbound
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All the leftists are upset because Blair joined a church that is pro-life and takes its faith seriously. All the “tolerant” multiculturists say in effect, “We can’t have Catholicism, we cannot allow that type of people to hold public office and it is unseemly for even an ex-politician to profess Christianity.” If Blair had converted to Islam, the left (including the radical gays and feminists) would have hailed this as a great thing. Anyone who questioned this would have been arrested for a hate crime.


9 posted on 12/24/2007 6:43:16 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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The Catholic church at least offers a chance at resisting Islam's agression in Britain.

The Anglican church offers nothing, and will be first to submit.

- John

10 posted on 12/24/2007 6:45:51 AM PST by Fishrrman
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YOur point is well taken and entirely fair. I would certainly hope and pray that the Pope would not personally welcome a political leader into the Catholic church who still embraced the slaughter of innocent children.


11 posted on 12/24/2007 6:47:16 AM PST by lapster
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Yoiu can tell that the folks who wrote the article have never heard of conversion of hearts. They have no understanding of basic Christian concepts.


12 posted on 12/24/2007 6:53:34 AM PST by Gumdrop
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Only God knows the heart. I am happy for Mr. Blair.


13 posted on 12/24/2007 7:04:41 AM PST by defconw (Pray for Snow!)
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Blair should tell them all to bugger off! God Himself knows what’s in Blair’s soul not a bunch of busy bodies.


14 posted on 12/24/2007 7:33:46 AM PST by Jaded ("I have a mustard- seed; and I am not afraid to use it."- Joseph Ratzinger)
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Welcome Mr. Blair.


15 posted on 12/24/2007 7:37:47 AM PST by Marathoner 244
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Yes, Paul was converted to Christ. Not Rome, of course.

The pro-Rome arrogance is a bit hard to take here. Let’s just be glad that he’s turned his heart toward Christ, all right, and not get into the “my church is better than your church” game.


16 posted on 12/24/2007 7:49:30 AM PST by Theo (Global warming "scientists." Pro-evolution "scientists." They're both wrong.)
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Uh—did somebody mention Rome? Certainly not I.


17 posted on 12/24/2007 8:07:50 AM PST by basil (Support the Second Amendment--buy another gun today!)
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Let’s just be glad that he’s turned his heart toward Christ, all right, and not get into the “my church is better than your church” game.

Obviously Mr. Blair thinks Roman Catholic is better than Church of England; otherwise, why the conversion?

18 posted on 12/24/2007 8:10:52 AM PST by Brujo (Quod volunt, credunt.)
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I certainly would never follow Christ through the teachings of the Church of England and the moron currently leading it.


19 posted on 12/24/2007 8:10:55 AM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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Well Paul was already a Roman citizen so he would not have had to be converted to that. ;)


20 posted on 12/24/2007 8:23:47 AM PST by defconw (Pray for Snow!)
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