Anglicans Set to Remove Satan from Baptismal Rite

Crisis Magazine ^ | June 30, 2014 | ANNE HENDERSHOTT

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Editor’s note: This column first appeared June 25, 2014 in the Washington Times and is reprinted with permission of the author. Pictured above is Queen Elizabeth II held by her mother on the day of her christening in 1926. (Photo credit: Pa)

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen provided us with a keen insight into Satan. "Do not mock the Gospels and say there is no Satan. Evil is too real in the world to say that. Do not say the idea of Satan is dead and gone. Satan never gains so many cohorts as when, in his shrewdness, he spreads the rumor that he is long since dead. Do not reject the Gospel because it says the Savior was tempted. Satan always tempts the pure—the others are already his. Satan stations more devils on monastery walls than in dens of iniquity, for the latter offer no resistance. Do not say it is absurd that Satan should appear to our Lord, for Satan must always come close to the godly and the strong—the others succumb from a distance."

IS THERE REALLY A DEVIL? - Father William P. Saunders

[AU72]

A climatic seen in the Godfather is the Godfather being asked at the baptism if he renounces Satan while his gang is wiping out his rivals,

[Gumdrop]

Denying or ignoring the existence of Satan is another way of avoiding that dreaded need to repent!

[Lil Flower]

And he laughed, and laughed, and laughed

[brooklyn dave]

OK then I think we are going to see a few more Anglicans crossing the Tiber to Rome

[ConservingFreedom]

the traditional rejection of the devil and all rebellion against God “put off people who are offended to be addressed as sinners,”

People who are offended to be addressed as sinners won't give a child a proper Christian upbringing - so by all means put them off.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

What is the point of the Anglican Church any more? Is it just a social club and a business that changes its ‘brand’ to ensure the widest possible demographic by trying to offend as few people as possible?

[DaxtonBrown]

The new baptism rite is “Something, something, feel good, something, party down.”

[Nervous Tick]

>> the secular world of “psychological man” rejects both the idea of sin and the need for salvation

I don’t believe that decision belongs to man — secular or otherwise.

[Veggie Todd]

A climatic seen in the Godfather is the Godfather being asked at the baptism if he renounces Satan while his gang is wiping out his rivals.

Every time I see that scene, I say, "Hold the baby's head up". They just let her head hang back.

[laplata]

Satan is smiling over this.

[BillyBoy]

What is the point of the Anglican Church any more in the first place?

[trisham]

Of course Satan exists. Evil exists.

[laplata]

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray;
and do Thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host -
by the Divine Power of God -
cast into hell, satan and all the evil spirits,
who roam throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

[Raycpa]

Satire right?

FWIW, Jesus’s baptism occurred directly before his temptation by Satan which Jesus himself renounced Satan.

Mathew 4:

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[e]”

Its no wonder the liberal Christians remove Satan from scripture right after they removed sin.

[piusv]

The Catholic Church should seriously consider whether these baptisms are valid going forward. The intent must be the intent of the Church and removal of the Devil certainly doesn’t seem to be the same intent.

[trisham]

The baby's head is held this way to keep the Holy water and oils moving in the proper direction (away from the eyes), I believe.

[Jim from C-Town]

The truth Is that the Anglican Church sprang from the bollocks of Henry VIII. It was a Church born out of the desire of Henry to marry and divorce as many women as he needed to in order to sire a male heir. He went so far as to behead some of his wives in order to remarry. Murder for procreation so to say.

When a ‘Church’ calls itself Christian but allows and supports all form of heretical teachings from priestesses, to artificial contraception, to abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’ it is not only NOT Christian, it is not even a religion. It is a nice place for elderly Liberals to enjoy camaraderie on Sunday mornings.

[Ouchthatonehurt]