CHURCH TIMES SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 Bishop Tells to Tlre Clergy to Divisive Nature of Christmasin Today's Wear Spats Multi-Storey- Car-P Ark HE Rt
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NOT THE CHTJRCF{ No. 666 LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 PRICE 30p cnowN rupx wnrcp,ls .lncHusuop nuNctn spnlxs or.rl.Iny-raln' f)ancing in streetsas tsishopof London is enthroned OI{DONERS danced in the streets and'grown men I .wept | openly for ioy down Ludgate Hill as the bells brang out from St. Paul's after the enlhronenent of Dr. Graham Leonard ae Lord Bishop of London. Crowds, many of whom had qmlrd in thc opcn sin@ thc Roy8l Wedding, wavcd flags and ch?crcd b' M'' Joht-Drrd'*- ',':I'lTry6li;H-teiicrrt{er'trismcmt""<pb;on'o"' 6 thc proesion drcw n€r thc :*",:l:l;',TJt,f.iJilS: Cathedral, thus ending ycaE of eelGisti€l @Dspiracy. Scority was craptionrlly tigbt, with phin-clothcs clcriG Dintling amoog thc witlt qowd Ckurck to cooenant in rcs@nsc lo fcaG tor the satctv ot thc peniciiant!, but rhc god oarurc o'f lhc crlEcl.nr rh.ohB dismi$cd any po$l, bility ol an .ffrcnt by OBn8emcn; Pro lstanls oa Una Kroll. Vanatu head-hunters FTER prelongcd dlccudo rad @6 of both onD!dr6, lhs d.fnt i.ppy lo i.tc lh.m irto dr ryrl6.' r ncw comcnidl dlDcElotr lo lhc Srrlodd rdtostnctrtr Dc.slt{cd bt th. The Madre -l ahc .rlhltr.do! ol chld(o c.tnlls,thcSrprcDGCo!.cIol EligioN 6tblist4cnl ol ahc r6lD, sssfll coDclsion to lhG orcrcrl Typiel ol thc many who empcd wB Prpur Ncw GllHn HaGHldd belog rn Anglion lr Engbod, I PF hsvc yct !o bc lully wo.tcd @l .Dd Fil Maurie Nopic. "Pr.isc thc tard." hc .nd Affili.lcd Shrirtcn dcddcd h sbylcd.o ir Scbtlrnd md r wlad& bc phcd in ovcr r nrnbcr of ycrr, gid, "l'vc bten out hcrc for evcry onc whtt rB deibcd $ ttr ovwhdor dodor (41ft c|s') itr V.MI!, bul it .rpcclcd lhrl t.ib.l .ii.l5 wil since winningron-Ingram" (who, if hc int D.jority" to @vcilDl with thc Onc ol lhc contrevcrics thlah hs ben w... milrcs ir r.aum tor rn oblit.lort had bccn alivc loday, would havc bccn Chrrci ol ErglrDd. Lrdln! coE.n- $Iv.d ir lhc i.dopliotr ot cplJcoFct, 6tc ol tr$ rkidr by Sslftagu I2E yca6 old). irtt wcrc slittc.Gd by lhc slrcDglh ol which w$ .n etrtirl percqubilc ol Bishops rrd rborc. Wralr & Co. rrc lbc ddidotr, brtcd bt l4,lxlo rpcs, visiblc lnion, but Mwuntr-Mporta, !ndc6l@d to hrYc p.oduccd sr illc- As rhe orrieSc presion snakcd ils 219 codcd b|rDl lGtnEGDlr .Dd . Eomniol .nd C.l6iDg Otfs lq hlcd ea.lotrc o[ thc Dcw rcquidaq, way twards rhc C:thcdnl srtcd bt 'Wc pbololnph of thc DrL. ol EdDbottl alE Vrn.t! Syood, sldl oLL t|ii.|i is th|l.blc bJ, cloh p6t ir r muntcd mcmtEF of tbs Guild of rhc (rgql 60). Birhopr rn deimblc rnd rc rif, bc pl.in b.orn cnvclopc. lrDdon's ncr Blshop Scryeob of rhc SaDc{uery, thc multitudcs wcnt wild wirh cxcitcmcnt. SF.irl chccE Th@ ree llvc rbslclalor h thewlc - wcrc r&Pcd for Thc Madrc. who wa dl ol thom uc rcr uDlorlrEtd!' dad. Th. Lrr AybrngAybrrg rcsplcndcrt in black hffch iipcd with hrtcftt ONCE TO bllc ailk. Bur whcn the BishoD rcvalcd natlorcd abr bc fErpFwcd ot HEUSED hinsctf ir his truc @lour, the o*dc mmr ollidrlirg rl rtfcs, bot thc rcrc besidc thcmFlvci. Chlcf .cplicd lhrl rllbooEl aih rs MAKEMILIIONS TAUGH DodordJ' posdbb ll E m Dor . Archimandrite lftcl!' to b. qlErictad OGr ahD h QUEEIfS w b ErSbnd, Alotha opp@cDl of ab. r.t6. E lhc ppded CIIAPLAIN Thc smon wu bc the brc Wodi.tr-Mnf4] lrto @ Archbishop of Cintclbury, Dr Rirncic, D6lcd dul Apodo& Tillilib. E IN MERCY sho eidr "This is thc srufl of ehich fsin- i!@rFdbl. ritl lL! rltvt Vub trl6 .rc Erdc." Pnycn wm offcrcd 5y HicnrEt!' ol CAict' Whffocrc d DASII TO ahc ModeFtq ol rhc Comish Zoniir Soffi'! AD!rclalccj h tbc 6lct HoliEs Asmbly ud aa Archiman- ROYAL CORGI pollld lo thc re giu by dritc ol thc Coplic Motrophysirc Churdt. OEd Ho@ |irl SG Dop@d E- Muy hieodi of thc Bisliop werc xr. vle ol rereilitfirn lrd hrD{ s - aoatrir Full story page 9 sDrlly- invircd ro thc *nici, incluiiing dfte m rcl Orf b irteadcd but enforced retirement and inflation are no rhc cmboidcrcr of his pelliun, the Rcv. lo b. or on bc hl.n lo bc rn .cl of G Colin Pugh-Cannon, wtiiA lddcd an iori- ordlDtion ot cxisrit3 renbaJ respecters ol persons and the need for organ- * malc louch ro the oc@ioD. ADthcr Rilic wu ltc Llc Whtfcld- isations such as ours is greater now than ever DEby-WoDht, rho Eld lhal r& At thc cnd ot lhc snie, many psplc hc ru hppy lo ri.l before. We tound Dondd on the sheets of ecrc l@ rircd rnd cDqtioDd to iMl Det AlgDoE Book reviews......................3 d . oDl ohcrcntly. Thc Ddtr of Sr. P.ul's iaid: F troo@dc lFal, bG Canterbury and gave him new self-respect and Oerical Appointhents etc ....G7 rolc qr6', "l M sb$turcly nabbcrSlsEd. I ncvet tc&d vrrl, Dlofifk the means to sec otrt his twilight years with Devotiona!..,..........,....,......4 rhoughl th.t I would cvcr livc lo sec thc To rtb |hc Chhl Eptcd aba, b ldt qp.doe, day wbcn such a thint @uld haDEn." lltlrc qDlbilo w l@ dignity; a pension, a seat in the House ol DiocesanNews.,,,.,....,......... E '"Ihis'ii . LeadingArticle..,........,..,.... 4 Thi Madrc mmcnrad: rh. t|uoit .!d lbrl h rqH bcrcil ioo Lords and occasional work at Royal Wed- hrppicsr day of ou lifc." lhc tHlcr divcrdtt rhlcf, @dGD|. Poirhgal Streef Dbry,.,...-.... 5 b3 qfta lo btri!8. dings. Resders'Letterc...,............., 2 Ooo obcrs boo ClEcf, RoE oD There are nany others like Donald in all RosemundWessex......,........ 6 Eerlcd lhrl rcl I ovdDlht walks of lile who depend upon us and on your Spalsshoclc......,..,......,....... ldrcD3 rould rcqllrC dtdtim ol |lc 2 APOTOGY Nil CllcD&r lo bdodr generoslty. Thinkinl H.R.I| lfc It Our ,.....,,........... 4 Dltc ol EdhbEr;L (rGFdGd !t Drtt Please send you cbeques to: YoungReedere ........-..,.....,. 5 Wc .pologir. tor ahc ra.to.d b lrt tib6 s lhclr god) t t .t rodd ma ec.l'r Gditio. ol Nol Tic h Tfos qu loord dficrht boc lc b The Hon. Ilessurer, The Estsblisbed ll.l |l. ArdDiSop of c.rcrtory w r ot c OcS rll 6. QE. Hr ChJrch, Millbrnl, London, SVII. M.lbodb. Tht ra rFrg, Mrrslt odd boc SoFtD Gor. One litrle duck - No. 2 DEFINITELY NOT THE CHURCH TIMES SEPTEMBER 22, 1981 Bishop tells to tlre clergy to Divisive nature of Christmasin today's wear spats multi-storey- car-p ark HE Rt. Rev. Victor Watfles, Lord Bishop of Ches-, ter, yesterday issued an encyclical to the effect that; all clergy within his diocese should wear spats at all times. societalsituatiom Thc Bishop @mmcntcd, "The Thcrc was an ihmedialc response by dt l OMRADE, - Those of decanters and roasl, stuffed We in this church have- seneml oubliiarafed uD to thc back thc Vicar of Knursford. "Spata arc us who concerned robins on our erds, which can- adopted a grass-rootsapproacir againsr God and a8ainst rcarcn," hc raid. I are ietb with clergy of thi Establishcd \/ sbout the caring and sher- not but betoken to the masses ! by meeting on December 25 al Church going about l@king likc "Spatt arc rhc livcry of thc Whorc ot Babylon and thcrc i3 no way I could in all ing flight fron the pains of present- Hadrim's Wall (itself a visible ordinarv ocoolc wcadns their role of the Church in a multi- nwinklc- conscicncc shacklc mysclf to garhcnts day reality and authentic and uralerial symbol of lhe divi-- "snakis"' aird their faith, multi-racial, multi-slorey- exist: which I thought thc Rcformation had ence. sions in our society)and singing picLen", erposing their scks for all abolishcd oncc and for all. i'Makc bare car-park societSrcannot fail lo be io w. It is high timc it was stopped. thc leg", as Isaiah commandcd (ls. 47, shocked by lhe blantent, self- "llappy Birrhday to You" in a If I s€! Dacons spatlessin thc futurc sotislied bourgeois indulgence as Anomie rcligious context situstion. I sha.l|cbmc dm,ir on thcm like a ton Thc Bishop rcplicd that thc Viqr ol exemplified in lhe celebrationof of parot-dtoppings-" Knutsford was now dcDrivcd- This serves to provoke the Crisis JesuC birlhday in conlenponry angqy response of hundrerls ol Britain. If any of your readers wish to millions of unemployed against receive a copy of our senice, or our outdated value-qyslem Angst set the name and address of a good Marshall's Quadruplets egainst the context of crisis- psychiafrist, they are very wel. I ridden, Pictorial representations of over-privileged, engsl- come lo wrile lo me. new sea? i consecrated well-built fantrsy figures such as s.turrted England in the I9E0s (Rev.) IAN BARNER' and rapidly decaying inner- fi.f HE Rt. Rev. Michael Mar- ws made in Father Christmee and Father Sl. Thomas the Madyr, | f IISTORY urban-anomie Harr5r Williams vie with middle- in a very real Newcastle upon the Pro. lilHil:,l"if,,1:i",3"'j,I"iilla""#:'.1*n*,ff"o1."Hl dass irnegesof endelabm, port sense. letariat. Monday on Woman's Hour, rold Suc I tion of quadrupleE, all of whom MccrcporMccrcgor that he was once againaoain I arc monks in thethc samc ordcr.