VIDEO: Archbishop calls on Christians to be involved in politics
It would be âabsurdâ to suggest that there are some areas of Godâs world that are out of bounds to Him, Dr John Sentamu said.
In a message in The Mail on Sunday newspaper he writes: âFaith centred on Jesus Christ insists that concern for othersâ wellbeing means political involvement (that is the deliberation and participation in how we are to be governed). That annoys some politicians and their supporters who want a monopoly over public affairs.
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Hide AdâWhen they pillory bishops and others for daring to invade the territory hitherto regarded as their private preserve, they are suggesting there are some areas of Godâs world that are out of bounds to Him. That is as absurd as it sounds.
âGod is creator of the Cosmos and that includes the Palace of Westminster and the White House. There are followers of Jesus Christ in all the main political parties in the UK. It is not for me to tell their fellow church members how to vote next month, but I will encourage them to use their vote.â
The Archbishop said that Christians are not excused suffering, and in many parts of the world are at greater risk because of their faith.
âIn the midst of all this is the virtue of Christian hope, which comes from the contagious conviction that death, grim as it may be, is actually the prelude to something else. A comma, not a full stop, a pause, not the end.â
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Hide AdHis comments came as he performed his now traditional open-air Easter baptisms, saying the water was âmuch warmer than normalâ.
But some of the candidates who took part in the total immersion ceremony outside