Posted on 04/30/2011 2:38:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Archbishop of York has given his backing to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s decision to live together before marriage.
The Archbishop of York backed Prince William and Kate Middleton’s decision to live together before marriage, saying that many modern couples want to “test the milk before they buy the cow”.
Dr John Sentamu argued that the royal couple’s public commitment to live their lives together today would be more important than their past.
But Anglican traditionalists criticised the Archbishop, the second most senior cleric in the Church of England, for failing to reinforce Christian teaching which prohibits sex outside marriage.
The row came as Prince William and Kate Middleton unveiled their choices for the royal wedding service, which include classically British music and hymns, and an updated choice of marriage vows in which the bride omits the word “obey”.
In a television interview, Dr Sentamu was asked whether it was appropriate for the Prince, who is in line to become head of the Church of England as King, to have been living with his bride before marriage.
He said he had conducted wedding services for “many cohabiting couples” during his time as a vicar in south London.
“We are living at a time where some people, as my daughter used to say, they want to test whether the milk is good before they buy the cow,” he said. “For some people that’s where their journeys are.
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For those who are unaware of the statue.
This was commissioned by the ‘repressive’ Church.
Was this the same one that was doing the cartwheels?
I've not seen the statue but pictures of it. A charismatic friend described a similar experience.
What I personally rejected were the birth control pill as it once was and hormone pills, not that I didn't make mistakes along the way.
Not everyone is able or willing to do it. And there are other equally grave sins.
Breaking Osama is dead, wow I thought he was dead for years. I want proof. They're going to try to get a DNA match. OMG. The broadcaster just made a terrible slip, "O-ama has been killed by a US bomb." FOX news. Bet they'll edit that out.
“Not everyone is able or willing to do it. And there are other equally grave sins.”
Yes, but we must all give them up, especially the ones that are most difficult for us.
I am thrilled that you understand what I am saying here.
“I’ve not seen the statue but pictures of it. A charismatic friend described a similar experience.”
The point isn’t that sex and the spirit are separate but that they work together...
The point isn’t that sex and the spirit are separate but that they work together...
Yes, and this is fertile field for the enemy, seems one of his special preoccupations. I believe St. Terea's experience was real and from above.
I'm glad we had a meeting of the minds over it. I throw things out that that I've ruminated on for years. The bible backs it up, too, in Jesus' own words, but some won't accept it. Of couse it doesn't say anything about birth control except possibly in an oblique way.
Look, I learned some of this the hard way which is not the best way to go. I resisted hormones because something instinctively told me why mess with it if it ain't broke? Later it turns out they got new data and took them away from the very person apart from my personal physician that urged them on me.
Just because they are legal and the church allows menopausal hormones doesn't mean they are a good thing for every woman. I'm having an awful problem with these sexual stimulants. Why not just accept it as God's will and a normal part of aging?
For younger men who want to procreate, they might be all right so long as it isn't overdone.
Not my wife and I (and we're in our 30s).
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