Memo from the Anglican politburo

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Archbishop Fred Hiltz and Bishop Susan Johnson sent a reminder today to Minister Diane Finley, the newly appointed Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development to live up to a pre-election promise that a Conservative government would renew three key programs for affordable housing in Canada.

If I were Minister Diane Finley, this is how I might reply:

Freddie, since you are so concerned about the homeless, build your own houses and give them away. After all, I have to use the taxpayer’s money; you’re not one of those fundamentalists trying to build a theocracy are you? Fred? You still there, Fred?

And now I have your attention, perhaps I can remind you of your election promise in the Solemn Declaration of 1893:

WE declare this Church to be, and desire that it shall continue, in full communion with the Church of England throughout the world, as an integral portion of the One Body of Christ composed of the Churches which, united under the One Divine Head and in fellowship of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, hold the One Faith revealed in Holy Writ, and defined in the Creeds as maintained by the undivided primitive Church in the undisputed Ecumenical Councils; receive the same Canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as containing all things necessary to salvation; teach the same Word of God; partake of the same Divinely ordained Sacraments, through the ministry of the same Apostolic Orders; and worship One God and Father through the same Lord Jesus Christ, by the same Holy and Divine Spirit who is given to them that believe to guide them into all truth.

So perhaps you’d better get on with that and mind your own damn business.

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