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The Church of England, the Anglican Church, has announced a new Archbishop of Canterbury. And that Archbishop is Sarah Mullally.
Is this appointment endorsed by the God of the Bible? How can you tell?
Is there any difference between the required qualifications of an endorsement from God Almighty and leaders in the world, like Keir Starmer and King Charles III? Would the actions and beliefs of Ms. Mullally point to biblical Christianity or not?
Are Ms. Mullally’s beliefs consistent with the revealed commands of the Most High God of the Bible?
Do they even agree with the New Revised Standard Version, which is the Bible that the Church of England uses? What does it say about women, bishops, and preaching?
What about the apparel of the Church of England and its American branch, the Episcopalians? Could their clothing actually point to the god of their faith? And what about the title "Right Reverend," is that appropriate for a Christian leader?
The answers to these questions are found in the pages of your Bible. Watch this video as Dr. Thiel uses the Bible to quote the verses that answer these tough questions. The answers may surprise you. In fact, the answers may surprise many of the Protestant faith. Nevertheless, they are the answers that God has written for our admonition.
Here is a link to a FREE eBook titled “Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism” that goes into great detail about the beliefs, and the origin of those beliefs, of the Protestant Churches, including the Anglican Church of England. https://www.cogwriter.com/protestant-ccog-differences.pdf
Read the full article to this video titled “Sarah Mullally announced as the next Archbishop of Canterbury” at URL https://www.cogwriter.com/news/religious-news/sarah-mullally-announced-as-the-next-archbishop-of-canterbury/
Is this appointment endorsed by the God of the Bible? How can you tell?
Is there any difference between the required qualifications of an endorsement from God Almighty and leaders in the world, like Keir Starmer and King Charles III? Would the actions and beliefs of Ms. Mullally point to biblical Christianity or not?
Are Ms. Mullally’s beliefs consistent with the revealed commands of the Most High God of the Bible?
Do they even agree with the New Revised Standard Version, which is the Bible that the Church of England uses? What does it say about women, bishops, and preaching?
What about the apparel of the Church of England and its American branch, the Episcopalians? Could their clothing actually point to the god of their faith? And what about the title "Right Reverend," is that appropriate for a Christian leader?
The answers to these questions are found in the pages of your Bible. Watch this video as Dr. Thiel uses the Bible to quote the verses that answer these tough questions. The answers may surprise you. In fact, the answers may surprise many of the Protestant faith. Nevertheless, they are the answers that God has written for our admonition.
Here is a link to a FREE eBook titled “Hope of Salvation: How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism” that goes into great detail about the beliefs, and the origin of those beliefs, of the Protestant Churches, including the Anglican Church of England. https://www.cogwriter.com/protestant-ccog-differences.pdf
Read the full article to this video titled “Sarah Mullally announced as the next Archbishop of Canterbury” at URL https://www.cogwriter.com/news/religious-news/sarah-mullally-announced-as-the-next-archbishop-of-canterbury/
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00:00Greetings, friends. This is Steve Dupuy for the Bible News Prophecy Program with Dr. Bob Thiel,
00:09bringing you news and analysis of world events in light of Bible prophecy. Dr. Thiel,
00:15what is going on with the Church of England? Well, the Church of England, also known as the
00:20Anglican Church, has announced they're going to appoint a new Archbishop of Canterbury. So I want
00:25to read something from the Associated Press about this. The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally,
00:31was announced as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time in 1,400 years that a woman's been
00:36chosen as a spiritual leader of the Church of England. Mullally is 63. She's a former chief
00:41nursing officer for England. And one of the reasons for picking her is that church leaders haven't
00:48done enough to stamp out sexual abuse scandals that have dogged the church for more than a decade.
00:52It's a major milestone for this church. The first ordained female priest in 1994, first female
01:01bishop in 2015. And the Church of England claims that their first Archbishop of Canterbury was
01:08Augustine in the year 597. Anyway, her appointment was welcomed by British Prime Minister,
01:17like her Starmer. And Mullally is replacing Justin Welby. He announces a resignation in November. After
01:32an independent investigation, finally failed to tell police about serial, physical, and sexual abuse by
01:38volunteer at their summer camps. Anyway, the AP concludes with basically saying the Anglican
01:45communion has more than 85 million members spread across 165 countries, including the Episcopal
01:50Church of the United States. So that's something about their church.
01:56Didn't I know the Episcopal Church was part of the Anglican Church of England? Can you give us
02:01some background on Ms. Mullally?
02:05Yeah. Wikipedia says she's a self-described feminist. She's considered, according to the Financial Times,
02:13to be a theological liberal. And in 2022, she supported the observance of the LGBTQ Plus History Month,
02:21and launched an advisory group on how to deal and help with LGBTQ people. And she also has been just,
02:30is a pro-abortionist. So that's from Wikipedia. Well, you know, of course, she'd be categorized as a
02:39liberal, theologically, as biblically, you know, females aren't supposed to be ordained, they're not
02:43supposed to preach, and of course, they're not supposed to kill their unborn babies. Those currently
02:47called liberals, by the way, do not believe the Bible, and they don't believe anybody else should
02:52either. Now, as far as being liberal goes, I want to read a prophecy related to the coming kingdom of
02:58God from the book of Isaiah, from the King James Version of the Bible, Isaiah 32, 5.
03:03The vile person shall no longer be called liberal.
03:10Explain to us how the words vile and liberal in that verse apply to Ms. Mulally's views.
03:19Well, supporting the killing of unborn babies is vile. And while most of those people who call
03:24themselves liberals think that they're nice, the reality is that they're not. They are vile.
03:27But in the coming kingdom of God, that won't be the case. Anyway, Sarah Mulally also endorses
03:35non-biblical observances. And by the way, one of her titles is, quote, right reverend. The Anglicans,
03:41as well as many Protestants, refer to their ministers with titles like the reverend, the right reverend,
03:46or simply reverend. But we in the Continuing Church of God don't do that.
03:49Is calling someone reverend really such a big deal?
03:56Well, according to the Bible, God's name is reverend. Quote, holy and reverend is his name. Psalm 111,
04:03verse 9, Old King James. By the way, the Church of England used to use the Old King James Bible,
04:10and therefore it should know better. And despite what the Bible says, the practice of calling Greco-Roman
04:16clergy reverend seems to be gone in the English-speaking lands around the 15th century,
04:22and it was in habitual use by Protestants in the 17th century. Therefore, it was not a biblical or
04:29original Christian practice. And as far as the Bible goes, in Jude 3, Old King James, it says,
04:37you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. And that's
04:43not something that the Protestant Church of England does. Furthermore, the white collar that the
04:48Anglican clergy wear doesn't come from the Bible. Now, some say it was invented in the 19th century,
04:55but versions of it were worn by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox priests earlier than that.
05:00And Egyptian pagan priests also did a version of this on their collars thousands of years ago.
05:06And by the way, a collar was associated with the worship of the sun god,
05:10Mithras. Here's something about this. Mithras wore a Prygian cap. His choke collar is a serpent.
05:19Now, the ministry in the Continuing Church of God, we don't wear priestly choke collars like the
05:24Anglicans and Roman Catholic clergy do. Furthermore, the distinctive clothing for the ministry that they
05:31used was not employed by early Christians. They dressed the same as the regular church congregants.
05:36How and or when did the clothing representative of false gods enter these religions?
05:46In the 4th century, under the influence of Emperor Constantine, the Greco-Roman clergy adopted
05:51versions of the clothing styles of the sun god priests and other members of Constantine's court had,
05:59including versions of the collar and weird caps. Scholars admit that special clerical clothing
06:06came from pagans and it was adopted because of Constantine. Now, all Protestant ministers have not
06:14adopted symbols of pagan dress, but many, like the Anglicans, including Sarah Mullally, have.
06:22Now, that being said, the BBC reported some other things about this. It says,
06:27Technically, the King of England is the head of the Church of England, but the person holding the
06:35role of the Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop and is the spiritual leader of the church.
06:40And King Charles III has congratulated Dame Sarah on her new role, which is of importance to the UK and the
06:48Global Anglican Communion, according to Buckingham Palace.
06:54Now, she doesn't actually legally take her role to see a confirmation election in January, and then she gets
07:00enthroned, is what they use. Now, BBC mentioned that the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans,
07:06which represents, quote, conservative views, has criticized her appointment.
07:10They said they received it with sorrow, according to something I saw in the news today.
07:15And they also said that the majority of the Anglican community still believes the Bible requires a male
07:23or only of episcopacy. So while King Charles has endorsed her, conservative Anglicans assert that the Bible
07:33requires a male-only clergy of bishops. And sadly, the fact is that the leadership of the Church of England,
07:40does not believe in a rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation, the Sola Scriptura.
07:46Now, let me mention that the Church of England officially now uses and endorses the new revised
07:53standard version of the Bible.
07:56So does that translation allow women to be able to preach sermons in church services or to be bishops?
08:03No. I'm going to read from it. 1 Timothy 2, verses 11 to 12 from the NSRV.
08:13Let a woman learn in silence with full submission.
08:17I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man.
08:21She is to keep silent.
08:22So the early Christian church didn't have women preaching in services.
08:29Also, I'm going to go to 1 Corinthians 14, verses 34 to 35, also from the New Revised Standard Version.
08:37Women should be silent in the churches, for they're not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate.
08:43As the law says, if there's anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home,
08:48for it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.
08:52So, no, women aren't supposed to be preachers and teachers in church services.
08:57Now, as far as being bishops go, I want to go to 1 Timothy 3, starting in verse 1.
09:07The saying is, sure, whoever aspires to the office of a bishop desires a noble task.
09:14Now, a bishop must be above reproach, married only once.
09:18Well, that's their translation, but the actual Greek says, husband or the man of one wife.
09:25And I looked it up again this morning.
09:27Anyway, he must manage his own household well, keep his children submissive.
09:34Someone does not know how to manage his household.
09:36How can he take care of God's church?
09:39He must not be a recent convert, or he might be puffed up.
09:44Moreover, he must be well thought by the outsiders, that he may not fall into disgrace.
09:49Now, verse 11.
09:51Women, likewise, must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things.
09:57So, we see that bishops are supposed to be men who had one wife.
10:02Okay?
10:03These pronouns, he and him, his, are talking about men for bishops.
10:08And also, Paul does mention women, but not that they were supposed to be bishops.
10:14Also, in Titus, chapter 1, verses 5 through 9, Paul wrote,
10:19Let the bishop, I left you behind in Crete for this reason, put in order what's done, you appoint elders in every town.
10:27Someone's got to be blameless, married only one, once.
10:31Again, it says, the man of one wife.
10:34Okay?
10:35Literally.
10:35For a bishop, verse 7, must be blameless.
10:40He must not be arrogant or quick.
10:43He must be hospitable.
10:45He must have a firm grasp of the word.
10:49Okay?
10:50So, again, it's talking about a man.
10:52Reference to the pronoun he.
10:54And he's supposed to be trustworthy to the word of God.
11:00Does the Bible also address some of Ms. Mulally's other personal views in light of the Bible?
11:05Well, yeah, well, related to Sarah Mulally's promotion of LGBTQ plus month, it says in Romans, chapter 1.
11:17Again, I'm going to use the NRSV.
11:20For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth.
11:29Verse 22.
11:30Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
11:32Verse 26.
11:33For this reason, God gave up to degrading passions.
11:37Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural.
11:40Same way that men gave up natural intercourse with women and consumed passion with one another.
11:45Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
11:52Verse 32.
11:52They know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, that they don't only do them, but they applaud those who practice them.
12:02So endorsement of this LGBTQ stuff and promoting their events should not be done by people who believe the Bible.
12:09And although the New Revised Standard Version glosses over it, verse 32 is actually tougher than what it says in the New King James.
12:18Quote, who knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only those who do the same, but those who approve of those who practice them.
12:30No Christian, no real Christian leader should endorse LGBTQ plus events, as even the approval of such is clearly condemned in the Bible.
12:44Now, where are churches supposed to get their doctrine from?
12:47Society? No, from the Bible.
12:51Even the New Revised Standard Version teaches, I'm going to read 2 Timothy 3, starting verse 16.
12:58All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work.
13:11The Church of England has clearly refused to base its teachings on the word of God.
13:16Of course, it's not just the Church of England has this issue.
13:19We've got all kinds of Protestants that way who don't really believe in Sola Scriptura.
13:24Now, we have a free e-book.
13:28You can find it at ccog.org called Hope of Salvation, How the Continuing Church of God Differs from Protestantism.
13:34It explains how Protestants don't really believe in Sola Scriptura.
13:38And you can see what's happened now in places like the Church of England, what they're doing.
13:46And, you know, you're supposed to preach stuff even if it's not popular.
13:53And that's what the Bible teaches in 2 Timothy 4.
13:55But, you know, Jesus said in Matthew 4,
14:00One does not live by bread alone, but from every word that comes out of the mouth of God.
14:06Well, we, the Continuing Church of God, strive to do this, so we don't believe that women are supposed to preach nor condone abortion or sexual immorality.
14:16Now, look, there are many roles for women, but being a preacher or bishop isn't among them.
14:21They're biblically reserved for men.
14:23All who claim to be Christians need to believe and obey the Word of God.
14:26And sadly, that's not the case of the Church of England.
14:31Thank you, Dr. Thiel.
14:32For more interviews with Dr. Thiel, in addition to written, as well as audio articles, visit our website at BibleNewsProphecy.net.
14:40This is Steve Dupuy for the Bible News Prophecy Program.