Monday, March 12, 2012


Archbishop of Canterbury:wearing a cross just decoration, says Dr Rowan Williams

Archbishop of Canterbury: wearing a cross just decoration, says Dr Rowan Williams
Wearing a cross is just a "religious decoration" for many people and not an essential part of Christianity, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.

Archbishop of Canterbury: wearing a cross just decoration, says Dr Rowan Williams Dr Rowan Williams attends a prayer service at the Basilica of San Gregorio al Celio with the Pope in Rome Photo: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

By John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor, in Rome
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/
March 12, 2012

Dr Rowan Williams said it had become something "which religious people make and hang on to" as a substitute for true faith.

He made his comments on the day it emerged that the Government is to argue in the European Court that Christians do not have the "right" to wear a cross as a visible manifestation of faith.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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