Canterbury to bid adieu - Dr. Peter Moore
Canterbury to bid adieu
The A.B.C. throws in the sponge
Is it time for someone who is not English to assume the role?
COMMENTARY
By Peter Moore
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
March 19, 2012
Saying that he hopes that his successor has the constitution of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros. Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, will resign at the end of this year and return to academics. He will become the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge where he can meander along the River Cam and take tea at the Orchard Garden in Grantchester far away from the turbulence of the 72-million member Communion he leaves behind.
When an archbishop retires at the usual age of 70, no one bats an eyelash. But when he resigns in good health nearly a decade before normal retirement age, people sit up and take notice. It evokes the image of a battle weary pugilist whose "sponger" looks at the condition of his man and tosses his sponge in the air. The fight is over. We might as well declare defeat.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The A.B.C. throws in the sponge
Is it time for someone who is not English to assume the role?
COMMENTARY
By Peter Moore
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
March 19, 2012
Saying that he hopes that his successor has the constitution of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros. Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, will resign at the end of this year and return to academics. He will become the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge where he can meander along the River Cam and take tea at the Orchard Garden in Grantchester far away from the turbulence of the 72-million member Communion he leaves behind.When an archbishop retires at the usual age of 70, no one bats an eyelash. But when he resigns in good health nearly a decade before normal retirement age, people sit up and take notice. It evokes the image of a battle weary pugilist whose "sponger" looks at the condition of his man and tosses his sponge in the air. The fight is over. We might as well declare defeat.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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