This post was inspired by posts on TBR and A Servant's Thoughts on male vs female church attendance. ... "We Cannot Live without Sunday," takes us back to the year 304, when Emperor Diocletian prohibited Christians, under pain of death , to possess the Scriptures, to meet on Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist and to build premises for their assemblies. In Abitene, a small village in what today is Tunis, 49 Christians , meeting in the home of Octavius Felix, were taken by surprise on a Sunday while celebrating the Eucharist, defying the imperial prohibitions. Arrested , they were taken to Carthage to be interrogated by the proconsul Anulinus. Significant, in particular, was the response given to the proconsul by Emeritus, after being asked why he had violated the emperor's order. He said: "Sine dominico non possumus," we cannot live without meeting on Sunday to celebrate the Eucharist. We would not have the strength to face the daily difficulties and not
This is beyond the pale, lets hope members of the govt are scanning the immediate response on the net to this disgrace.
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ReplyDeleteTo give this man a job after all he's done to wreck NZ is to collude with evil.
The man is a thief, a liar and an unprincipled socialist whore. (did I just repeat myself?)
This will cost Key a lot of support if it happens, and deservedly so. He's sending a clear message that Labour's ethical standards are also National's.
I think he's just bombed out on teh Treaty Negotiators job and is now trying to inveigle his way into some other lucrative post.
ReplyDeleteNot just John ensuring there is a life, 'in the manner to which we have become accustomed,' after politics for himself and his generals??
ReplyDeleteLucky no-one mentioned the super scheme Cullen is 'entitled' to.
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