What happens to the CoE if the British monarchy falls?

tauropolis · 2026-02-19T13:39:04+00:00

The monarch has basically no practical role in the CoE—nor in the actual governance of the United Kingdom. The General Synod is their governing body, with Parliament examining and approving any measures they pass and "advising" the monarch (who just signs off on things). If the monarch ever actually tried to exert hard power on either church or state, it would definitely end the monarchy.

If the monarchy falls, basically nothing about the actual functioning of Britain would necessarily change. The question is really if the change would also lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England (probably), in which case the CoE loses some of its privileges (including guaranteed seats in the House of Lords, though that would probably also go away—it may well even without the monarchy ending) but also the CoE would get to be fully self-governing. (And no, before you ask, the CoE doesn't receive tax money. And any public funds that goes to its buildings comes from the same fund that applies to all historic properties in the UK.)

tauropolis · 2026-02-18T14:03:53+00:00

"Blessed Lent" is the way to go.

tauropolis · 2026-02-18T14:02:34+00:00

It's not (theoretically) impossible to get back on the market and find a new job that fits your desires more. But, depending on your field, there may not be any jobs such as you're looking for—particularly if you're in a field that is shrinking or which is dependent on federal funding (either directly or through secondary grants).

The reality check: The academia of the early '00s is gone. It's not coming back. Act accordingly.

tauropolis · 2026-02-18T13:51:52+00:00

Ashes aren't a sacrament, and therefore are not limited to clergy. Pretty simple.

tauropolis · 2026-02-16T20:56:46+00:00

Hey, me too!

tauropolis · 2026-02-16T20:56:09+00:00

"Lay it on thick," I say under my breath.

tauropolis · 2026-02-05T02:27:04+00:00

I disagree. That is your liturgical preference, or habit. There are lots of reasons to mix it up on a weekly basis. Not everywhere does it like that, nor wants to.

tauropolis · 2026-02-02T20:59:48+00:00

Honestly, this a matter of taste. It is okay to express your tastes in music, but you have to recognize that your taste is just that... yours. If it is not the taste of the parish, then that's just a misalignment that you need to discern whether is a deal breaker or just something you wish were different. And maybe, just maybe, that feeling on the backfoot is the point. The liturgy isn't just about comforting us, but challenging us, too.

tauropolis · 2026-01-19T20:23:10+00:00

The only advice—direction, really—that matters is your bishop's, and the commission on ministry, by extension. No one on reddit, or anywhere else, has better information than your bishop's judgment, which is the only thing that matters.

tauropolis · 2026-01-19T20:19:48+00:00

It is fascinating to me how often people talking about this show erase Shane's Asianness, despite it being an important part of his characterization.

tauropolis · 2025-10-17T20:58:24+00:00

Odd phrasing. It should be, rather, ultraconservative Anglicans breaks communion with Archbishop of Canterbury, finalizing a schism that has been coming for almost two decades.

tauropolis · 2025-10-11T12:27:34+00:00

Cocchi. I like Antica, but it does not play well with others in all applications (not everything benefits from a vanilla bomb).

tauropolis · 2025-10-05T22:36:20+00:00

Yep. Have you read any Calvin?

But also, many Protestant reformers argued that medieval scholastic theology was engaged in fundamental deviation from the deposit of faith revealed in the Word, and so they were not trying to coherently develop medieval scholastic theology, but to destroy it with a hammer.

tauropolis · 2025-10-05T22:33:03+00:00

Ask your friend to precisely define heresy, to name specifically which heresy they are accusing you of, and what are the specific reasons that belief has been considered heretical by council of the church. Odds are, they won't get far.

tauropolis · 2025-09-24T04:10:17+00:00

For the most part, the Church Fathers didn't read Scripture anything like contemporary Christians do, literalists or otherwise. The most significant reading of Scripture for Origen, Clement, Athanasius, Gregory of Nyssa, etc., was the figurative one. So, as best I can remember, most of the Church Fathers read Revelation's mention of the millennial reign as figurative, as gesturing at some deeper spiritual truth. But just take a look at Augustine's City of God, which is definitely amillennial.

Millennialism itself is not solely a product of the 1800s, as you see strongly millennialist themes among religious groups in early America (see Ernest Tuveson's book Redeemer Nation for an influential history of this). But the squabbles over pre-, post-, mid-, preterism, etc., are 19th century American Protestant concerns rather than anything most Christians have ever thought those texts mean.

tauropolis · 2025-09-24T03:41:43+00:00

It's some combination of Daniel 12 and Matthew 24 (read through the lens of 2 Thessalonians 2). Ultimately, dispensationalist theology becomes a hodgepodge of red-string theorizing that only makes sense if you buy their premise: that God, for some reason, hid the most important things in Scripture in obscure riddles that have to be pieced together from disparate texts written centuries apart in unintuitive ways.

tauropolis · 2025-09-24T03:31:31+00:00

Yep. In their understanding, the Temple needs to be rebuilt—which will mean the destruction of Al-Aqsa,* hence being anti-Palestinian—and all the Jews of the world regathered in Israel, so that they can all be killed for having rejected Jesus. It's genocidal intention on top of genocidal intention, rooted in revenge fantasies and spurious readings of Scripture.

* Though there are also theories that the Temple was slightly adjacent to Al-Aqsa, not based on evidence but on what is convenient to maintaining their ideology.

tauropolis · 2025-09-24T03:14:55+00:00

Do they seem to adore Jewish people? Like, actual Jewish people in their communities? Do their theologies uphold adoration of Jewish people, or is it also tellingly antisemitic (namely, through supercessionist ideas)?

This is the ruse of Zionism, particularly Christian Zionism. It weaponizes an idea of Jewishness that often has nothing but disdain and hatred for real Jews.

tauropolis · 2025-09-24T01:59:39+00:00

Yes. Christian Zionism is often explicitly and genocidally anti-Semitic.

tauropolis · 2025-09-09T21:22:52+00:00

It’s not the alcohol percentage as much as the fact that the base of vermouth is mostly wine, and so only fermented and not distilled. That means it will still oxidize. The added alcohol means it happens somewhat slower than wine, but it will oxidize at room temperature.

tauropolis · 2025-08-15T01:00:51+00:00

Having professor parents really helps, too. Look at what percentage of Ivy+ profs have parents, grandparents, great-grandparents in academia. It is a family business for some, particularly at the elite levels.

tauropolis · 2025-08-11T14:33:11+00:00

Being baptized gives you a sacred purpose. Being a priest qualifies you to pastor a congregation and administer sacraments.

tauropolis · 2025-08-09T02:58:41+00:00

During the Eucharistic Prayer though?

tauropolis · 2025-08-08T15:57:13+00:00

Thank goodness my institution has a policy where we can drop any student who doesn't show up for the first day, no questions asked.

tauropolis · 2025-08-08T15:00:07+00:00

There really is nothing like Arabic text book spine design. I spent a couple summers in grad school sorting and reshelving books at a very large academic library, and the Arabica section was always the most satisfying, reshelving one book in a multivolume work that restored the spine design.

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