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New Shroud of Turin “research” article and how it “ties in with the Bible”
Posted by simon peter sutherland in The Roman Catholic Church, The Shroud of Turin on April 30, 2026
I’ve been reading an article lately about a latest theory on the Shroud of Turin. The article claims the “Christ-like image” may have been caused by “a massive earthquake.”
It goes on to say that the severe earthquake mentioned in Matthew 27: 50-52 was “powerful enough to release radiation that could have imprinted the image of Christ on the shroud.”
The article expresses the opinion that God used “natural means” to form the image, which is not beyond the realm of His character. He rules the winds and the waves, He governs the earth, there is none like Him.
It is possible there may have been multi layers to the purpose of God bringing about an earth quake in the first place.
The article also states “The man of the shroud was not buried in the material for more than a few days”.
I think the image on the Shroud would certainly help prove the resurrection of Christ, if it is genuine, because there is no evidence of a rotting corpse on the cloth. The Shroud shows the image of a man who had recently died when the image was formed, yet if the body had continued to be wrapped within that cloth, it would have decayed and left evidence of the rotting corpse. Which is doesn’t.
This is consistent with Messianic prophesy from Psalm 16: 10, “You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will you allow Your Holy One to see corruption.” (NKJ)
In St Peter’s sermon in Acts 2: 30-32 the apostle says that Jesus fulfilled that prophecy by His resurrection.
I have also seen claims that the Name of Jesus has left an imprint on the cloth which came from an identity label that would have been attached to it after the body was wrapped.
But let’s not say that because it is possible that the Shroud of Turin may well be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ that means the Roman Catholic Church (who possess the artefact) is the true Church of Jesus Christ because it is not. There are plenty of establishments that own and display Biblical artefacts, from museums to libraries, many who are not even remotely Christian.
There is not a shred of evidence for papal authority in the New Testament. Outside of Matthew 16: 13-20, which they twist, Peter himself never mentions himself as a bishop of Rome or a pope. In 1 Peter 1: 1 Peter simply refers to himself as “an apostle”. In 2 Peter 1: 1 he refers to himself as “a bondservant”. If Peter was a pope, he would have mentioned papal authority which he does not. Neither does James, the half brother of Jesus who was a leader of the church in Jerusalem. When the Jerusalem council met it was run by James, Peter and John, not Peter alone (Acts 15: 6-29). Papal authority is not in the Bible. Mark doesn’t mention it, Luke doesn’t mention it, John doesn’t mention it, Paul doesn’t mention it, the author of Hebrews doesn’t mention it.
Scripture is clear that Christ is the rock of His church, not Peter. And if any church is not built on that rock it is not the Church of Jesus Christ, but a house built on sand.
Let us not forget that now is the time to get what we believe right and proper. It’s too late when we die.
Let us not forget that death not something that we should avoid thinking about, is just a sad reality of life. “We are all mortal.” But the man on the Shroud, if he is indeed the Christ, is immortal, because Christ came back to life. Let us follow Jesus Christ not man made religions.
Christian man burned alive in England
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Church of England, Martyr George Marsh, The Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2026
It is true, alarming isn’t it. That one man could be set fire to for preaching and believing something. Well, that is exactly what happened.
On this day, April 24, 1555, George, a farmer from Bolton, was burned alive for believing something different to the Roman Catholic authorities of that time. He had a family too, several children, yet still. They killed him. And for what? Because he preached without a licence and because he refused to submit to the authority of the pope and didn’t believe that Jesus’ flesh and blood could be remade at the mass and eaten like food and drunk like ale.
It’s a sad story and it’s backstory is even sadder. George lost the love of his life, his beloved wife died leaving him lost and alone. Marsh left for Cambridge and there he experienced a new way of life and he became a curate and taught a school. But then, when the monarch died, George was left to face a changing political tide. The dangerous Mary Tudor came to the throne and Marsh was one of many Christians who were hunted down for refusing to submit to her regime and Roman Catholicism.
George revisited his kids in Bolton and a warrant was put out for his arrest and he was taken to Lancaster Castle, and eventually to Chester where he would be burned alive in Boughton, about a mile or so outside the city.
Today his descendants live on and there are a number of memorials to him scattered around the north. In Bolton there is a memorial in the grounds of Deane Church, a memory of him in Smithills Hall, and Lancaster Castle still exists. In Chester there is a plaque to him in St Johns Cathedral and a memorial to him, near his execution site in Boughton. This is near the consecrated ground where his execution took place. A little further on there is a plaque on a wall where his remains were scattered by fellow believers after George was burned.
May this legacy live on.
Is Simon Peter really the rock of the Roman Catholic Church?
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Biblical Scholarship, England issues, The Roman Catholic Church on April 10, 2026
Throughout my youth, my mother always said that I was never deliberately named after St Peter, the apostle of Christ. Although at times I think I was. My mother originally got saved in 1972 after seeing a cross in a window, and when she went home she always said that Jesus appeared to her in the room of the house where my parents lived.
My father became a Christian the following year, in 1973. I was born that very same year.
Over recent years and months I have revisited the locations where these events happened and they have a very close affinity with me and my family. My mother was a very dedicated Christian who spent all of her life testifying about Jesus and singing about Him wherever she could. My dad on the other hand was a preacher, and a fishmonger.
I think some of these influences have impacted me throughout my life.
Like St Peter, I too like to go fishing. Like St Peter, I too believe Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven. Like Peter, I too follow Christ.
For me, I don’t like it when the very true apostle of Christ, who bears the same name as I, is slanderously claimed to be the founder of the singularly most apostate religion to have ever claimed the Name of Christ.
I am speaking of course about the Roman Catholic Church. An establishment that claims Peter was its first pope. This claim of course is absolute nonsense. The Roman Catholic church as it stands today was not even formulated unto 1054 A.D at the Great East West Schism. The facts remain that the early 1st century bishops of Rome had nothing whatsoever to do with modern church of Rome. Today the Vatican is an empire, a political power, a religion that affirms many acts that the Bible speaks against.
But let us look at this claim of St Peter being the rock of the Roman Catholic Church.
The claim itself comes from Matthew 16: 18 where Jesus says to Peter, “I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (NKJV)
Let us imagine for a moment that Peter was the rock that Christ chose to build His church upon, would that mean that church was the Roman Catholic Church? If it were, would that exclude all other churches? Would that mean that Peter was only the rock of Rome, or only those churches the pope has jurisdiction over? Would that exclude the Greeks? Would that exclude the churches that St Paul founded? Or the Church of Jerusalem that was run by James? Would it exclude the church run by Titus on Crete?
The Greek word that Matthew uses to communicate “rock” is Petra, which means “a (mass of) rock, (literally and figuratively): – rock”. (Strongs G4073)
This word can be found in Matthew 7: 24-25, where Jesus says a wise man builds his house upon the rock. Was Jesus talking about Peter here? Was Jesus saying that a wise man builds his house upon St Peter? I don’t think so. When the wise man Jesus is speaking about built his house upon the rock Jesus was talking about the wise man building his faith upon Jesus Christ.
It is more consistent to say that Jesus was building His church upon Peter’s declaration of faith which came from the Father (Matthew 16: 17).
When Jesus says “you are Peter,” (Matthew 16: 18) He is acknowledging Peter as one of His disciples and when He says “and upon this rock I will build My church,” He was saying that like the wise man built His house upon the rock, so also Peter built his house of faith upon a solid foundation, which is the true confession of faith.
This confession of faith has lasted for 2000 years since Jesus said those words and Christ’s church has never gone away.
The reality is that if the Roman Catholic church views Peter as the rock that the church has built itself upon, then it is a house built upon sand and not upon the rock.
Roman Catholic’s may well view Peter as the rock of the Roman Catholic church, but he is not the rock of the body of Christ. Jesus Christ is the rock of the body of Christ, not Peter.
A terrible week for Christianity in Britain
Posted by simon peter sutherland in "Calvinism", Church of England on March 23, 2026
On Wednesday Sara Mullally will be enthroned as the new archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England. A detestable act which proves the outright disdain and contentious attitudes high ranking clergy members of the C of E have for Scripture.
As many of you will know I left the Church of England in 2025 following the announcement for the first female archbishop of Canterbury.
In my previous articles I have proven that there are no women leaders in the Bible and this has been the position of the Church since Christ first established it in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. Yet the outright hypocrisy found within the Church of England cannot even sustain the severity of the punishment they now find themselves in. On the one hand the conservative evangelicals are choosing to remain and seek reform of the church from within. While on the other hand the liberals are not even happy with results they are getting from the synod. It appears that nobody or a few, apart from the self seeking bishops, appears to be happy anymore in that denomination. Now to make matters worse, they have a full on liberal as spiritual head of the establishment.
What a shameful mockery they have become of the body of Christ.
Could any of them, (unless they are open theists) deny that if God is sovereign, (in the Calvinistic determinist context) that the recent meningitis outbreak in Kent is no mere coincidence? After all, the majority of the conservative evangelicals within the C of E are in fact 5 Point Calvinists and determinists. So few could deny that such an outbreak cannot occur unless it is determined and decreed by Almighty God.
So what on earth is going on? Should the conservative evangelicals take such an outbreak as a blessing? Or should they take it as a judgement upon an apostate disobedient church? If the latter is true, why are many of them keeping silent about this terrible appointment of a woman on the seat of St Augustine? Clearly some are stuck between a rock in a hard place while others just couldn’t care less.
Yet Thomas Cranmer would be turning in his grave.
In a previous article I state, “It comes as no surprise to me how the leading bishops wrongly interpret the Bible. They squeeze their interpretation into their trajectory to preserve an establishment that goes from one extreme to the other and faithful ministers are caught like boiling frogs in a hot pan. These bishops who have brought in the same-sex blessings know the church will eventually bring in same-sex marriage, just as the ordination of women priests has now led to the ordination of the first Archbishop of Canterbury. This is the way false teaching works, it creeps in and doesn’t creep back out again. False teachers are like that too, they crawl in unawares and manipulate women and well meaning people and have no respect for authority. False teachers reject the higher authority of Scripture and have no genuine love for God in their hearts.”
I also state,
“I understand that the fabric of a state church has to flow with the winds of culture, but the problem then becomes an issue of people pleasing. Christians are not on this earth to be people pleasers, we are here to serve God. So because of this I believe it is time for separation, or even disestablishment.“
So now I state even further, when will the lesson be learned? The longer you keep silent, the worse it will become, the longer you remain, the more corrupt you will become. As St Paul states “Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.” (1 Corinthians 15: 33. NKJV)
Should the Church of England be disestablished?
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Church of England, England issues, Issues with Christianity in England today on March 18, 2026
As many of you will know we are fast approaching Easter, the season where many Christians celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Easter signifies the Biblical and historical claim that Jesus truly came back to life in a bodily resurrection after He was put to death by crucifixion in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
According to St Paul, without this resurrection, faith in Jesus Christ is useless. 1 Corinthians 15; 14.
You may say, what has all this got to do with the disestablishment of the Church of England? Well, the answer is a matter of timing since this week we heard claims that individuals from the green party are wanting to disestablish the Church of England.
Curious don’t you think that these claims should be made during the run up to Easter?
We saw this type of thing back in Easter 2018 when the archbishop of Wales made untimely claims about the resurrection and now in 2026 we are hearing claims that the Church of England could be disestablished if individuals from the green party get their way.
It’s the same old story, attack Christianity but leave the other religions alone.
It comes as no surprise to me that people are wanting to see the C of E separated from the state. Every other week we are hearing reports about false leaders in the C of E who are clearly none of Christ. It is clear to me that the Church of England has many enemies of the true gospel who are firmly planted within its man centred walls. While at the same time there are many faithful and Godly ministers who have chosen to remain. Although I am no longer part of the C of E I spent many years experiencing its reality first hand. There are clearly bishops who have unmovably fixed themselves on a trajectory to destroy the historic position of the Church of England as we have known it for many centuries. Now we are seeing further attacks upon the one established church that if brought to pass, could be either a divine judgement upon the church or simply part of a greater human agenda to bring down Christianity in England and replace it with either secularism or another religion.
Maybe secularism is a religion?
Either way, this destructive agenda is not going to stop. Jesus speaks about His enemies throughout the gospels and although I firmly believe that His Church will never come to an end and I don’t necessarily believe the New Testament agrees with any established church. The early Church of the New Testament was a house movement and I affirm with certainty that the Church which Christ established is a rock that became a mountain as mentioned in my article on the subject. Thus when Jesus said “I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16: 18. NKJV) I absolutely believe those words are truth. Thus, that is what the enemies of Christ do not have, be they bishops or unbelievers, they do not have truth on their side.
Likewise, the historic validity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ is as sure as the earth is real and on that matter, you can read my article here.
But the question remains, should the Church of England be disestablished? It is a matter of great intrigue to me since there is no established Church in the New Testament. But that doesn’t mean that Christ intended it to remain that way. Christianity has universally grown since it was first planted in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. Likewise, the Church will continue to grow in England regardless of the establishment.
I think back to the days of the great awakenings when the Wesley brothers John and Charles took the gospel out from within the walls of the established Church and into the fields and the streets. This could happen again in a big way. There is no supressing the divine truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it will continue no matter what men may say and His church will never come to an end, with or without an established Church.
The 500th Anniversary of Tyndale’s New Testament
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Bible translation, The Bible, William Tyndale on January 8, 2026
We are in a very unique era in the history of this world since this year marks the 500th Anniversary of the 1526 Tyndale New Testament.
In 2025 we saw the 500th anniversary of the 1525 version, and this year has enormous significance.
For those who may not know, William Tyndale (c 1494-1536) is a pioneer in the formation of the English language and in the translation of the Bible into English. The original 1st century apostles and gospel writers primarily wrote in Greek, with some texts being translated from Hebrew.
In 300 BC scholars from Alexandria translated the entire Old Testament into Greek and in the 4th century AD Jerome translated the New Testament into Latin.
Translation has been part of church history for centuries and is the key method by which we communicate with one another.
Tyndale was a genius and his translation work should be remembered forever. I love the Tyndale New Testament and I hope that heaven will hold them forever. Being able to read ancient English I don’t have any issues with using old English translations including the Wycliffe, Tyndale, Geneva and King James versions.
The Tyndale New Testament has certainly impacted me very deeply, from those early days when I was studying for my degree and I first held an original 1538 print in John Rylands Library, to the days when I held a 1534 edition at Chetham’s Library to the days when I walked in the footsteps of Tyndale while visiting Oxford. These were golden days and my attachment to Tyndale goes beyond sentiment to the depths of the eternal truth he proclaimed, which cost him dearly.
This year yet again I hope to know more of Tyndale and be blessed by the reading of his translation of the word of God. May that be truly said of us, and all of us. In these dreary times of confusion and upheaval, may each one of us find solace and obedience in the personal revelation of Jesus Christ.
The words of Jesus Christ will never go away
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Christmas, Church of England on December 4, 2025
In todays readings for Advent, Ryle refers to Matthew 24: 29-35 where Jesus says His words will never pass away. How Jesus knew well the unbelief of human nature and as St Peter declared that mockers would come in the last days (2 Peter 3: 3-4).
The Biblical reality is that world has been in the last days for 2000 years. The author of Hebrews makes this very clear in Hebrews 1: 1-2 that God has spoke throughout history by the prophets but in those last days, that is in the 1st century, God has spoken “by His Son, who, He has appointed heir of all things, through whom He made the worlds.” (NKJV)
Jesus’ words are enough for us to feed upon and sufficient and powerful enough for us to live by. His words “will be fulfilled in their season” and will never die or be taken away. We may well live in an unbelieving age, an age where even the church has fallen away into irrelevance and fear, and yet Christ is still with those who belong to Him, who love Him and keep His commandments.
The words of Jesus Christ are like no other. No one has ever spoken like He did and no other words can come to pass like His. No priests, no bishops, no councils or synods, can ever take away the truth of His words. They (bishops and priests) can infect them so that they do not believe His truth anymore, but it has little effect in the lifelong reality of them. Jesus’ words cannot be broken and will never pass away. He is the King of glory and the Lord of all life. No one can take Him away.
Worship the King of kings and the Lord of lords and never lay down His truth for the squeamish words of archbishops and synods who no longer believe them. Heal yourselves and your wounds from the infections that they have spread and let the Lord of all peace and justice reward and fill your hearts with gold and myrrh. For the day is coming when all the injustices of the world and the devil will be drawn away into the dismal clouds of darkness and failure.
Look now unto our gracious Lord and have confidence in the power of His true gospel to save and restore. Amen.
The second coming of the King of kings, Advent reflections with J C Ryle and Matthew 24: 29-35
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Christianity, Christmas, Eschatology, Theology on December 1, 2025
I have begun the reading of a book “The Coming King” – 25 Readings For Advent with J. C. Ryle.
Ryle was Bishop of Liverpool between 1880 and 1900 and the readings are taken from his Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, some of the best commentaries available today.
In this part he deals with “our Lord’s prophecy” from Matthew 24: 29-35 where Christ describes His own second coming. In this passage we are told that Jesus will return with great power and glory quite different to His first appearing. During His incarnation Jesus was a man of sorrows (Isaiah 53: 3) He was not some ordinary joker Man who talked a lot, and blended in, He was a quiet Man and when He spoke He spoke with power and authority. If He did speak all the time, His words would not carry the same weight, yet His words were like no other, they had weight and strength. No one ever spoke like this Man. Even the authorities could hardly refute Him, even though they tried. He was the King of kings and Lord of lords, and no one had authority over Him unless it was granted by the Father.
When He was born, He was born humbly, among the lambs reared to be offered in the temple sacrifices. As He grew, He grew in favour with both God and man, yet He took on the form of a servant, rejected by mankind. Betrayed by his friend and condemned to death of a cross. Yet it did not end there, if it did, faith would be worthless and in vain. No, Christ rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where He reigns forever more. We do not need to wait for His return to know that He reigns, He is reigning now from heaven. We do not need to wait for some futuristic kingdom to take place on earth when He returns to Jerusalem, He is reigning now from heaven on the throne of David. And one fine day He will return and men will receive the fulness of eternal life or the sentence of eternal death.
Remember this, lest you live a pointless and meaningless life. There will be no escape from anything when He returns. There will be no opportunity for people to change their minds and believe once He returns. It will be the end. No thousand year reign. No second chance. No scoffing at Him. He will return to this earth when you least expect and no one will escape Him. He will not be the same as He was at His first coming, He will not be the Jesus people mock and blaspheme, and think they can walk all over, He will be returning with all His power and glory in the clouds of heaven, and no eye will be able to escape from Him. No ear will be unable to listen to Him. No sin will be left uncovered. No one will be able to escape. It will be the end.
What a terrible day that will be.
I wonder where you will be on that day? Will you be preaching, only to find yourself lost without salvation? Will you be drinking, only to find yourself thirsty? Will you be walking only to find yourself on your knees? It doesn’t have to be that way, you can pray. You can receive Christ at any moment of the day. You don’t need a priest, He is our priest. You don’t need a pastor, prophet, or pope or mediator, Jesus is our Mediator. All you need to do is pray and receive Him and you too will be given the gift of eternal life in the arms of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Examine yourself whether you are in the faith (2 Corinthians 13: 5) Evaluate your beliefs. Consider your actions, and see if they line up with the gospel. Test your faith and yourselves, and keep awake, so that when Christ returns, He will not find you sleeping.
“Dispensationalism Exposed” Revealing the Bad Fruit: book review part 1
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Eschatology, Theology on November 19, 2025
Last month while reflecting on bygone eras of my church life, I was rummaging through some second hand books and I happened upon a book entitled “Dispensationalism Exposed” by Dale A. Albertson. I didn’t know anything about the author but I noticed the book was self published so it was right up my street.
I have a history with Premillennialism, from my early days where the theory was projected at me, to my more recent days when this happening reoccurred. I have a distinct distaste for Premillennialism and so often it is difficult to find folks who think alike. Thankfully Dispensationalism is not a big issue in UK churches, but for many people, especially American Christians, Premillennialism is nothing more than Scripture itself.
But now things have changed. More and more people are realising that it ain’t necessarily so. Premillennialism is not the only interpretation of Matthew 24 or the Book of Revelation. But the problem for some believers are, that other views are rarely presented. At least in some circles.
So, I bought the book and I have found it to be a pleasant surprise. In it, the author presents his arguments against dispensationalism and argues the doctrine is distructive and in many cases, harmful. Dispensationalism prevents people from trying to make our world a better place, it often denies the reality of what Jesus was talking about in Matthew 24, and it creates unnessesary division and is not accurate to the early church.
The author focuses upon the 1,000 year reign of Christ and His saints and the events of AD 70 when the Jerusalem Temple was destroyed by the Romans. Yet Premillennialists often ignore what Josephus documented and prefer to promote various rapture theories as though Matthew 24: 40 refers to an event way off in the future. It does not, Jesus was talking about the Roman armies taking people into captivity when Jerusalem was about to be destroyed and it all goes back to the writings of John Nelson Darby and his incorrect hermeneutics. The Olivet discourse and a majority of the book of Revelation are all about the past, not the future.
Dispensationalism has a dark side, the author argues, “and its bad fruit” has a “negative impact-on the world today”. “Dispensationalism is a very new doctrine in the scope of church history,” the author argues, dating to the 19th century and the “Plymouth Brethren minister” (P. 12). Spurgeon was a “well-known vocal critic of Darby” the author exclaims. Darby’s ideas where adapted from Edward Irving (1792-1834) a clergyman in the Church of Scotland and Darby’s influence spread through seminaries of Europe and his tours of the United States.
Dispensationalism brings about the practice of “separatism” and causes people to fail in working towards change in our world because according to them, the decline of society and church is all part of the unfulfilled prophecies of Scripture. I have been making this point for years. I argue that the powers that be use Premillennialism as a gateway to disencourage Christians to make changes in our world, because when Dispensationalism is believed, the bad events of our day and age are all foretold.
“The indoctrination of Dispensationalism is now nearly universal in America.” and “Dispensationalism is considered unassailable by the majority of Christians in America” and “those who disagree have been called heretics,”. (P. 25)
I can relate to those claims, since one man attempted to assassinate my refutation of Premillennialism by claiming that I was denying the second coming of Christ. So for me, since Premillennialists often ignore and overlook the writings of Josephus, you can see why the real historical events of Matthew 24 are unknown to them. Because of this I think many American Dispensationalists are ‘Nuda scriptura’ rather than ‘Sola scriptura’. Personally I am Sola scriptura a position which allows for other historical sources to help us rightly divide the word of truth.
Premillennialism does not rightly divide the word of truth since it fails to recognise that a literal-historical hermeneutic of Matthew 24 would reveal that Jesus was warning His 1st century listeners about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, by the Roman armies under Titus. A fact which according to the author “Dispensationalism must (mostly) deny in order to justify its alternative interpretation of the great tribulation.” (P. 31)
The author continues on to argue that Dispensationalism is so bad an idea that even sceptics and Muslims use it to argue that the prophecies of Jesus were not fulfilled, then there is the credulous nature of the support for the rapture doctrine, and the secret rapture of the church, a position that the author rightly argues “is not found anywhere in scripture.” (P. 46)
Amen to that. Absolutely.
If you are looking for a good book to read over Christmas or the new year, you should get yourself a copy of this book. Self published works can oftentimes be great reads.
Is AMiE a better option than the CofE
Posted by simon peter sutherland in Christianity, Church of England, Reform on November 13, 2025
It is quite evident to most Christians now that the Church of England has fallen headlong into apostacy. A large percentage of ministers and bishops are in favour of practices and re-interpretations of Scripture which any Bible believer cannot accept.
It has been a long and tiring debate and conservative evangelical ministers are doing the best they can to uphold the church’s teaching on sexual ethics and Scriptural doctrines while at the same time holding the blanket concerning their future careers.
There are serious problems happening with the establishment and you know there is an even deeper issue on the horizon when the King prays with the pope for the first time in 500 years and now they have a very liberal catholic female archbishop about to be seated on the chair of St Augustine. An act for which Archbishop Thomas Cranmer would be turning in his grave.
The question is what to do about it?
Roman Catholic’s are being sneaky right now and are chasing in on this cradle of insecurity by trying to woo Anglicans back into their lair of popery. What’s wrong with that, people might say? Well, there is a great deal wrong with that. For a start off Roman Catholicism is not Christianity it’s Roman Catholicism. It is a religion that prays to the dead, worships a goddess, rejects justification by faith alone, condemns reformed theology and believes that the Eucharist is literally the body and blood of Jesus Christ, which is cannibalism and vampirism. On top of all they they quite literally believe that the pope is Christ’s vicar on earth, which means to be in place of Christ.
Not to mention the fact that they worship apparitions of a demon masquerading as the virgin Mary.
We live in very dangerous religious times and for this reason Paul wrote, “Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.” (1 Timothy 4: 16) Just because a religion claims to be Christian, does not make it so. Each one of us needs to examine claims and doctrines and do it closely with the Bible in hand. There is no need for a bishop to guide you in this, you can research and decide for yourself.
As you can tell I am a nonconformist at heart, I don’t believe things just because people preach them. I need proof.
That being said I am not the type of person who tells people what to do. Each of us must make our own choices in this life and everyone must decide for him or herself what each one of us must do. But I am going to recommend to you that if you are going to leave the Church of England, either now or in the future, do not go running off to Roman Catholicism. It is a corrupt religion with a rotten past and a future reliant upon it’s claim that the pope is a direct successor to St Peter. Such a claim in itself is useless since in Revelation 3: 16 Jesus warns a lukewarm church that He will vomit them out of His mouth unless they repent and that church in Laodicea knew John and St Paul, so if you can understand my perspective, it makes no difference if a church in history knew St Peter or John or Paul, Jesus can still remove them from His body if they apostatise like the Roman Catholic Church has done.
I assure you, there are better options for people who may be thinking of leaving the CofE, don’t go crawling off to the Roman Catholic Church, go to an independent church or why not give AMiE a try?
AMiE stands for the Anglican Mission in England and is not a state run church, it has no female bishops, no women vicars, no heresies, just basic Christianity and in the Anglican tradition.
Simon Peter Sutherland
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