Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Non-Conforming Church vs. The Establishment
Yes, who was it that was talking about the pending reorganization of the Christian church in America? Those people don't like the fact that Protestants are scattered among many denominations and groups. They think that everyone who is not part of America's Established Church, mainly the Anglicans and Catholics, should be shoved into a single box labeled the Non-Conforming Church of America, which is mostly composed of the Presbyterians. That will be a lot easier for them to pretend that we are living in England apparently. After all, non-conformity is a term applied in the UK to Protestant churches that do not belong to the Church of England, an arrangement created by the Act of Uniformity of 1662. This non-conforming church structure applied in America will facilitate the taxing of churches to help support establishment schools and hospitals. Gone are the days when individual Christians have any voice in the government or eligibility for work at establishment schools and hospitals unless they want to join the Established Church. It sounds very convenient for Catholics but not so convenient for us real Christians who compose the invisible church. I sort of remember someone saying something like this.