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The Church of England (Anglican) spiritual
home is Canterbury Cathedral in the county of Kent. (South East corner
of England). Most people would
know that King Henry V111 sought leave from the Pope so he could remarry
when it wasn't forthcoming he struck out on his own and took his
subjects with him. |
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It wasn't as
if King Henry V111 was doing anything new, even his very own subjects
were use to the vagaries of commerce. |
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They would shop where they could get the
best deal, so to them their King had gone ahead and laid out a new
spiritual banquet for everyday consumption.
I found it amusing to walk through the
town of Canterbury and see glimpses of the Cathedrals spires through the
retail shopping prescient of these narrow streets filled with locals,
pilgrims and tourists.
The decision to go it alone by King
Henry v111 and make their own decisions was equivalent to reporting to a
head office and when given the opportunity to becoming a decision making
one, their is a sense of self empowerment and belief in one's self
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So whether you are a populous,
dictatorally or laissez faire
leader you should come to realise that in order to lead you need to
serve. I think it safe to say that King Henry V111 had his own
vested interests in coming to grips with the female psyche which gave
birth to this new religion. He certainly didn't find himself on a
maintenance program like the men of today. |
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The Church of England membership grew in
numbers as England took to the high seas and explored vast areas of this
planet eventually spreading the English language, sport, war, business,
Westminster principals of government and judicial law. The birth of
science and discovery in this free society led mankind out of the dark
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I have to say if you were a thinking
person you would have to stop and ask what outcome could have been
achieved if the British race (Anglo; Saxon; Normon; Viking) hadn't
left the Spanish and the Portuguese to colonise and bring catholism to
the South Americans. |
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So the candle, a simple candle
representing light in a world where spiritual darkness had entrapped
western man is the hallmark of your visit to Canterbury Cathedral. |
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King Henry's V111 decision
to remove his people from the yoke of Catholism and the change that took
place in this Island Nation forged an empire where the sun never set
that was until World War 2 came along and Britain had to offer
collateral to the bankers and USA in order to fund the war, a debt that
changed the world.
You probably know all that, so
lets move on and enjoy a day at Canterbury Cathedral. |
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| Copyright Jeffrey Shaw
2nd December 2007 |
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