This condemnation of Anglo Catholic practice by the Archbishop of York (in 1860) is taken from the tract 'Episcopal Condemnations of ritualism' (pdf link) published yesterday by the evangelical group the Church Society.
This is one of the questions that the General Synod of the Church of England will be asking as it meets at the end of next week.
Ken Chalmers, who is based in Somerset, will be on the plinth on Tuesday 28th July 2009 between 9 and 10 am.
When signing up to the Facebook, the social networking website, users can specify their religion and other interests.
Using the create an advert section of Facebook it is possible to find out how people have answered these questions.
I spent much of last weekend reflecting on a suitable posy for Fathers for my Father's Day cartoon. I came up with spanners in the end, but perhaps beer would have been more appropriate, given this story in the Telegraph: Church blesses fathers with beer
Today's Church Times is now available. A number of news items are available online for non-subscribers.
A commentary piece by Ralinda Gregor looking at the funding of this process has been posted on numerous conservative websites
Summary of various postings on the internet that have been addressing this and related issues today
An event was held at Lambeth Palace to mark the third anniversary of the CofE's environmental campaign, Shrinking the Footprint.
Items from today's Church Times
'Yes', says the Church of England as it launches various resources
The people who run Fresh Expressions' had a special evening at Lambeth Palace to mark 'Phase 2' of the initiative
Affirming Liberalism held their 2009 Day Conference at the weekend. Photos and reports are available on their website. Recordings of the sessions have been made available
I'd been hoping that a bishop or two might have had something to say about the fact that two BNP candidates were elected as members of the European Parliament,
One more story from today's Church Times: Government must do more to save planet, says poll.
Today's Church Times (above) contains a news item about the ten theological college students who will not be ordained this year as they are unable to find parishes. See Ten face Petertide uncertainty