St. Thomas a Becket
On this feast of St. Thomas a Becket, I'm reminded of a discussion that took place in History of England early in the semester. Our professor asked us, "Who do you think was right? Henry or Thomas?"
In my typical trouble-maker way, I replied, "Thomas, because Henry had no right to be meddling in the Church's affairs as he was. In [some document that I do not remember the title of] Henry was attempting to control not only the appointment of clergy and hierarchy but even who could and couldn't be excommunicated! These are strictly spiritual matters, in which the king has absolutely no say."
Dr. Kennedy nodded gravely and responded, "Does anyone think Henry was right?"
A lone student (non-traditional, in his mid-thirties, making this all the more tragic) answers, "I think Henry was right . . . because Thomas shouldn't have been messing with his guys."
St. Thomas a Becket, I think you clearly win that one. Ora pro nobis!
In my typical trouble-maker way, I replied, "Thomas, because Henry had no right to be meddling in the Church's affairs as he was. In [some document that I do not remember the title of] Henry was attempting to control not only the appointment of clergy and hierarchy but even who could and couldn't be excommunicated! These are strictly spiritual matters, in which the king has absolutely no say."
Dr. Kennedy nodded gravely and responded, "Does anyone think Henry was right?"
A lone student (non-traditional, in his mid-thirties, making this all the more tragic) answers, "I think Henry was right . . . because Thomas shouldn't have been messing with his guys."
St. Thomas a Becket, I think you clearly win that one. Ora pro nobis!
posted by Anna Clare at 11:09 AM
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Knowing that you may loose your head by messing with a wrong guy, doesn't make one wrong. Often doing the right thing involves standing up to such Henrys. St. Thomas is an inspiration. Were it not for him being a Catholic hierarch, the school classes would show him of like a hero, similar to Jan Huss or Giordano Bruno...
Here is one shameless article:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1959457,00.html
always.
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That's an awful article!! Becket on the same list as Jack the Ripper and Oswald Mosley??? What is wrong with these people?
The sad truth is that the liberal historians (that is most of them) are on Devil's pay - what else would account for their perversion of truth, their hate of the Church, and their desire to lead young people's away from Reality.
It is awful when such huge news station as BBC repeats/generates that kind of lies.
I tagged you for Weird Habits Meme.
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