The Anglican Church has jumped the shark.
Anglican Church agrees to reality-TV program Priest Idol
The Anglican Church in England has jumped into the fray of reality TV in the hopes of reviving a dying church.
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Lundwood in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has a congregation of only nine, mainly aging, regular worshippers. It hopes that by participating in a new reality TV program on Channel 4, called Priest Idol, it will be able to attract a new vicar who can fill up the church pews.
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I thought they had already jumped the shark when they started distributing communion to dogs. Or was it when they set up an online church? No, it had to be when they re-“translated” the “Bible” so St. Paul tells people to fornicate. But in all seriousness, I think they jumped the shark in 1534, when Henry VIII wanted a fresh piece of ass.
Right, I see you there. Although Henry himself only caused a schism, and not outright heresy, his abandonment of the Papacy in favor of kingly rule had to result in this. The Anglican Church under Edward VI, and later Elizabeth, and then the Archiepiscopate of Thomas Cranmer sealed the deal.
Well, I made the “jump the shark” reference because they’re moving into TV. Some shows jump the shark with episode one (or in this case, before it airs).
As for the Bible, I’m guessing you mean the “Good As New” monstrosity. That was actually written by an ex-Baptist minister, not an Anglican. However, His Druidness, Rowan Williams, did refer to it as a book of “extraordinary power”.
I make a distinction between the Church of Henry VIII and the Anglican Church that “formed” when the Church of England actually decided to join the Reformation.