No devil in detail of Church of England's new baptism service

[hrmjustin]

Andrew Brown

The Church of England is to introduce a simplified baptism service which omits mention of the devil after clergy who had tried it last year welcomed the move.

The church's General Synod, meeting in York next month, will be asked to approve the provisional use of a shorter, clearer liturgy which is meant to make it easier for families who have no experience of church.

The synod's meeting will be dominated by the attempt to clear the last obstacles preventing women from becoming bishops. The opponents, who managed to muster a blocking majority among the laity three years ago, have been pressured, flattered, and tempted with office by the archbishop of Canterbury and it is now almost certain that the legislation will pass, which would make it possible for a woman to become a bishop this winter.

Among the compromises on offer, conservative evangelicals who reject the notion that women should ever have authority over men have been promised that one of their number will become a bishop soon.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/20/church-of-england-baptism-service-no-devil

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

1. When I read the headline, I immediately thought of

The baptism scene from the movie, The Godfather, where Michael is showing that he does NOT renounce Satan, and all his works, and all his empty promises.