"William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution……" — Adrian Desmond
"William Henry Flower the Anglican too praised evolution as a cleansing solvent, dissolving the dross which had 'encrusted' Christianity 'in the days of ignorance and superstition'."
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The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone - for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.
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And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.
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In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact…
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In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution.
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Pope Benedict is an amazingly visionary person. What he has done is establish an evolutionary process that will help undo…
— Peter Slipper
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I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican.
— Stevie Smith
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The conversion of agnostic High Tories to the Anglican church is always rather suspect. It seems too pat and predictable,…
— Terry Eagleton
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But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a…
— Michel Faber
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Most mainline Protestant churches are, to one degree or another, post-Christian. If they no longer seem disposed to converting the…
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