There are many reasons, good and bad, for not attending the
services of the Church of England. One is that it is a male-dominated
organization whose liturgies use sexist language. Another is that most parishes
have abandoned the beautiful language of the King James Bible and the Book of
Common Prayer.
In an attempt to address both these objections, and with the
hope that people will now attend church at least once, albeit after death, the
C of E has just brought out a revised Order for the Burial of the Dead. Here is
a short extract:
Man or woman that is born of a woman or a man hath
but a short time to live, and is
full of misery. He or she cometh up, and is cut
down, like a flower; she or he
fleeth as it
were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
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