The Anglican Church of Canada, in the form of Archdeacon Paul Feheley, has waded into the controversy over an Aukland church’s depiction of the Annunciation on a billboard.

From here:

The church has said the billboard is intended to provoke debate, a goal that Archdeacon Paul Feheley, principal secretary to the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, supports.

“Getting people to think about the real and deeper meaning of these events is a really good thing,” Feheley said. “Will it make some uncomfortable? Of course it will. But any thought-provoking ad does that.

Christians believe that Mary was a virgin, was impregnated by the Holy Spirit and gave birth to Jesus, the Son of God: a virgin gave birth to baby who was 100% human and 100% God. The question I have for Paul Feheley is: “what meaning could he possibly ascribe to the event that would be more ‘real’ or ‘deeper’ than that?”

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