I NAILED 95 THESES TO CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, WAS ARRESTED, AND LOVE RESULTED
In 1999, I nailed 95 Theses to the door to Canterbury Cathedral, after the example of Martin Luther, to try and trigger reform within the Church of England.
http://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/theses.htm
I had just published my book, For God's Sake Don't Go To Church
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gods-Sake-Dont-Church-Enlightening/dp/0853054460/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387478913&sr=1-1
It caused quite a commotion and I was arrested, and later released without charge.
I am writing about this now, because of a touching thing I discovered last night.
I was out in the evening conducting a funeral visit with a bereaved family.
I had already taken baptisms for the wider family and previous funerals, but this evening, I was visiting another family member, who had been to my previous services and had appreciated them.
During the course of the evening, the widow said, did you know, I saw you a long time ago, before you ever took services for our family?
Apparently, she had been with her husband and her grandchildren visiting Canterbury Cathedral the day that I nailed the Theses to the door and had seen my arrest.
I was very moved to think that at the very time I was protesting to try and make the church more open, accessible and loving, a family were watching for whom I would provide extensive ministry in the future, and in a way that the Church of England would never have been able to do then and sadly still couldn't even now.
http://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/theses.htm
I had just published my book, For God's Sake Don't Go To Church
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gods-Sake-Dont-Church-Enlightening/dp/0853054460/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387478913&sr=1-1
It caused quite a commotion and I was arrested, and later released without charge.
I am writing about this now, because of a touching thing I discovered last night.
I was out in the evening conducting a funeral visit with a bereaved family.
I had already taken baptisms for the wider family and previous funerals, but this evening, I was visiting another family member, who had been to my previous services and had appreciated them.
During the course of the evening, the widow said, did you know, I saw you a long time ago, before you ever took services for our family?
Apparently, she had been with her husband and her grandchildren visiting Canterbury Cathedral the day that I nailed the Theses to the door and had seen my arrest.
I was very moved to think that at the very time I was protesting to try and make the church more open, accessible and loving, a family were watching for whom I would provide extensive ministry in the future, and in a way that the Church of England would never have been able to do then and sadly still couldn't even now.
ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE IS INNOCENT-HE HELPED STOP A PAEDOPHILE
http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man.
To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression
is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 4:25 PM
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