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It all started so well with Henry VIII in 1534!
Back then he broke from the Roman Catholic Church due to the Pope’s refusal to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. Through Parliament’s Act of Supremacy, Henry declared himself the supreme head of the church, establishing it as an independent, national institution.
Of course this was all part of the wider European Reformation. The church’s identity was later refined under Elizabeth I in the 39 Articles of Faith , creating a moderate Protestant theology that balanced Catholic and Protestant traditions. In 1534, Thomas Cranmer was the first Archbishop of Canterbury to recognise the Act of Supremacy.
Today, the last Archbishop of Canterbury was named as Dame Sarah Mullally.
Her elevation to this role is a clear rebellion against Biblical values.
The Bible proclaims;
“A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent” (1 Timothy 2:11–12). In the church, God assigns different roles to men and women. This is a result of the way mankind was created and the way in which sin entered the world (1 Timothy 2:13–14). God, through the apostle Paul, restricts women from serving in roles of teaching and/or having spiritual authority over men. This precludes women from serving as pastors over men, since pastoring definitely includes preaching, teaching publicly, and exercising spiritual authority.
The Church of England firmly opposes this teaching and so can be seen to be in full throated rebellion against God’s Words.
The Church of England ordains women priests, with the first group of 32 women ordained as priests in March 1994, following a decision made by the General Synod in 1992 after a 19-year debate. By October 2024, approximately 6,500 women had been ordained, and women now constitute about one-third of the Church of England’s clergy.
This NEW Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, describes herself as a feminist and she holds the following views;
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She advocates for mass migration
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She supported BLM
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She is pro Abortion.
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She is pro LBGTQ+
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At this time she believes marriage is between a man and a women but that could change!
In naming Sarah Mullally as Archbishop of Canterbury, it embraces radical feminist rebellion over biblical truth.
Will Anglicanism globally follow a false teacher in ecclesiastical drag?
