Saturday 24 October 2009

Exodus Out of Egypt Stalls

How it all proceeded...

Roman Catholic representative: Now some of you were looking for a lifeboat and the Pope has offered you a galleon.
Collected Anglican voices: Yes, yes, yes indeed.
Roman Catholic representative: You will be able to run your own affairs, so that although bishops cannot be married, a former bishop who is married, say, and who is reordained as Father Reverend only, can still run the show.
Collected Anglican voices: Yes, yes, yes indeed, very good.
Roman Catholic representative: You will, like, be in your own Church, probably called the Saint Newman Ordinariate, yet fully Roman Catholic.
Collected Anglican voices: Yes, yes, yes indeed, very good, excellent.
Roman Catholic representative: However, you won't get the monthly salary.
Collected Anglican voices: No, no, oh dear, well that's no good. Well, we're not going then.
Roman Catholic representative: But you have no choice now. The Pope has decreed it.

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