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Mather Lather VIII...
Recently, a novelty e-mail account flame war broke out on Pfoho's open list after Sigmund Freud invited subscribers to "bring it like the cheerleaders in that terrible teen movie." Later, Elizabeth I and Mary I accused each other of heresy and papism before Henry VIII stepped in to claim England's throne for Edward VI. In response, God accused these "royal buffoons" of fraud, Friedrich Nietzsche announced, "God is dead," and many readers were left wondering "what the pfuck is going...
Freud's e-mail sparked a flurry of responses from novelty other email accounts registered under names such as Mary I, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Master Yoda, God Almighty, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Pfranklin D. Roosevelt...
...Depending on who you ask, the two faiths are either closer than ever to bridging their differences or are renewing the kind of mistrust and incomprehension that has marked the relationship since the Anglican Church was formed after King Henry VIII's split from Rome in the 16th century. For those in the 77-million-strong Anglican Church (which includes the Episcopal Church in the U.S.) who are angry at its policy of allowing women and gay priests and bishops, and perhaps attracted by the liturgical and historical links with Catholicism, Benedict's official door-opening is an unexpected godsend...
...more than four centuries since King Henry VIII pronounced the Church of England independent from papal authority, certain Anglican conservatives have always drifted back to Rome, "swimming the Tiber," as reverting to Catholicism was called. But in the past two decades, more and more seem to be doing so. Benedict's latest ruling confirms and expands earlier ad-hoc decisions by Pope John Paul II to allow several married Anglican priests to convert and remain in the clergy. (Read about the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams...