Posted on 12/12/2018 6:40:32 PM PST by marshmallow
UNITED KINGDOM, December 11, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – While the Church of England – the largest Christian denomination in the United Kingdom – is stopping short of calling its newly instituted blessing for “transgenders” a second baptism, priests are being directed to offer baptism-style ceremonies for those announcing their new sexual identity.
In a newly issued pastoral guidance, clergy are being told to call men by their new female names, and women by their new male names. The guidance declares, “For a trans person to be addressed liturgically by the minister for the first time by their chosen name may be a powerful moment in the service.”
“It should be noted that the giving or adoption of a new name has a long history in the Judeo-Christian tradition as may be evidenced from Scripture,” continues the new guidance. “In some Christian circles, for example, it is customary for candidates to adopt an additional or saint’s name at their Confirmation.”
Clergy are further advised to be respectful of prefered gender pronouns, even if those pronouns do not correspond with reality.
Referred to as the “Affirmation of Baptismal Faith,” the service invites the already-christened gender-confused to “renew the commitments made in baptism in a public setting and provides space for those who have undergone a major transition to re-dedicate their life to Jesus Christ.”
For “transgendered” people who are not yet baptized and who seek entrance to the Church of England, the new guidance describes baptism as the “natural liturgical context for recognizing and celebrating their identity.”
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Won’t this be a ceremony for celebrating a mental illness?
Lived in England and was in a contemporary praise band at the C of E. They were getting into “New Age” crap during our worship sessions with candles and meditation. I left.
That reminds me of this touching ceremony from a very funny movie call “The Serial”, performed by the Reverend Tommy Smothers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L3v8-poBa4
Apostasy
Interesting. Whereabouts?
With “religions” like the Church of England who needs secularism and atheism.
But what can you expect from a church that was created solely so a king could get an annulment. A church of convenience.
So, as babies they get baptized and then after they decide they are gay they get baptized again as a stamp of approval?
Faptism
Abandon Hope of salvation all ye who profess rejection of God’s gifts of life.
Isn’t the Church Of England the same as Episcopal? My friend was Episcopal and he called it, “J.V. Catholic”.
ROTFL! A so called church celebrating sexual deviancy. Humanity has hit bottom. We’ve “progressed” back to Neanderthal territory.
When did the decline of the “Church of England” start? It’s rolled into the gutter, no surprise.
The warning of Paul to the Galatians is appropriate here....they have abandoned the Gospel for another gospel.
I seriously doubt that the Neanderthals would have tolerated this “transgender” nonsense.
The Sacrament of Baptism leaves an indelible mark on one’s Soul.
A second baptism, therefore, is unnecessary and invalid!
A “baptism” to celebrate a mutilation and dedication to perversity is blasphemous.
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