Christians are now a ‘minority’ in Britain like persecuted Roman Catholics during the Reformation say top clerics – Daily Telegraph

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Practising Christians are now a "minority" in Britain like persecuted Roman Catholics during the Reformation, say two of Britain's most senior clerics

 John Bingham. 9 February 2016
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2 thoughts on “Christians are now a ‘minority’ in Britain like persecuted Roman Catholics during the Reformation say top clerics – Daily Telegraph”

  1. “The Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, and Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, said the churches must set aside centuries of division and recognise they have a “common agenda” in a more secular age”.

    I make the assumption that the doctrine of the Council of Trent, including its decrees and anathemas, is still the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church (whatever individual Roman Catholics may believe). (Is anyone out there willing to challenge that assumption and give evidence that it is wrong?).
    Given that assumption, the doctrine of Reformed Evangelicalism and the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church are in fundamental disagreement about predestination, justification, sanctification, good works, assurance of final salvation, the day of judgment – that is, the whole vital doctrine of salvation, the issues of eternal life and eternal death.

    Phil Almond

  2. I really do not believe that practicing Christians are in the minority. What we now have is a more spiritual people who practice Christianity outside of the conformity and uniformity of the Church institutions and Church walls. When the pope appears the streets are crowded with people who serve everyday, there are people working in all sorts of areas with a personal faith. What we don’t have are people as willing to.parade it, but really it’s not that they are not willing but that, the old institutions based on promises and faithfulness to God ie boys brigade scouts and brownies and guides and even crusades, have become diversified. It is the greatest act of Christianity to “be that living sacrifice” However the Church has not in many cases filled the community gap, so people have nowhere to go. There has been an increase in visits to cathedrals not for formal worship but personal reflection. How can you really measure it, when even the clergy point people to spending time at home with family, or they share in conversation justvtravelling or doing the shopping. I regularly share my faith but not in a way that would be on record. We knew there would be hard times these are part of it, but we really need for the leaders to reach out, “ie I have prepared a place for you” But is there a place?

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