Commentüs on: Antidisestablishmentarianist Or Disestablishmentarianist? http://blog.ancient-future.net/2008/01/24/antidisestablishmentarianist-or-disestablishmentarianist/ The Ancient and Future Catholic Blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:41:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Zan http://blog.ancient-future.net/2008/01/24/antidisestablishmentarianist-or-disestablishmentarianist/#comment-1770 Zan Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:30:00 +0000 http://perchristumblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/antidisestablishmentarianist-or-disestablishmentarianist/#comment-1770 I am kind of in between so I will have to pick "option C", I think what Scotland has is the best, that is the chruch of Scotland is a "national church", which means it is officially recognized by parliment but completely independent from the state on spiritual matters and clerical leadership.<br/><br/>It is good for governments to acknowledge Christianity to be the truth (and even better if they recognize Catholic Christianity) but history both past in France and present with the Anglican Chruch has shown government control of the Church usually has very very bad results. I am kind of in between so I will have to pick “option C”, I think what Scotland has is the best, that is the chruch of Scotland is a “national church”, which means it is officially recognized by parliment but completely independent from the state on spiritual matters and clerical leadership.

It is good for governments to acknowledge Christianity to be the truth (and even better if they recognize Catholic Christianity) but history both past in France and present with the Anglican Chruch has shown government control of the Church usually has very very bad results.

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