tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post5142046844429856551..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Last Rites: The end of the Church of England, reviewFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-90156988692233187662007-02-16T05:03:00.000-05:002007-02-16T05:03:00.000-05:00Absolutely right, Ed.As one who goes to a C of E P...Absolutely right, Ed.<BR/><BR/>As one who goes to a C of E Parish, I feel that Hampson is spot on about the toll that modernity is having on priests and congregations in the grass roots parish. With the abolition of freehold, there seems to be a greater tension among the clergy.<BR/><BR/>I do feel sorry for the priests and the women who are employed by the C of E because it is truly beginning to buckle under the financial strains which come from the haemorrhaging of the laity. <BR/><BR/>However, if the church will choose to take its moral teaching from the Government rather than from its own heritage, then it must pay the price.Warwickensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01310450226153796760noreply@blogger.com