The Archbishop of Wales, John Davies, is calling for the UK Government to condemn the behaviour of President Trump and for the US seriously to consider invoking the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove him from power.
In a statement today he says:
“For a number of years, the President of the United States has shown himself and has been shown by others to be a person of questionable morals, judgement and wisdom. He has been given to inflammatory rhetoric and intemperate, prejudicial public statements. Now, in recent days, he has shown himself to be possessed of a shameful self-image which, he evidently believes, permits him to ignore the democratic processes of his country and the democratically expressed will of its people. It is with such a mindset and self-image that he chose, yesterday, to incite others to engage in behaviour which has resulted in mayhem, injury and death at the Capitol.
“In the strongest possible terms, the UK Government and the national governments of the United Kingdom must make it absolutely clear that they condemn such actions and attitudes. Even though the Trump presidency is in its dying days, and despite the fact that one nation should not seek to interfere in the processes of another, I would hope that those in a position to do so would seriously consider invoking the 25th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and end it immediately. This would be no empty gesture, because no politician has a right to determine that they are unaccountable for their behaviour. When such behaviour is so gross, obvious and anti-democratic, it should not be allowed to pass.”
Things unlikely to happen in a million years, #2786:
“The British Government has heard the urgent plea of the Archbishop of Wales, and therefore condems without hesitation…”
What on earth made this man feel he should pontificate* on this matter?
Covidiocy is evidently not a myth.
Note that I’m not doing so, either. Not my place, etc.
*Got a better participle? Please feel free.
I usually decline to comment upon British ecclesiastical or parliamentary matters, because, as an American, I do not understand the complexities of British systems. On matters of faith, I can comment, because we have that in common with believing British Christians.
I respectfully suggest to this non-American bishop, who obviously gets his news from the usual biased sources followed by most non-Americans, that he refrain from commenting on what he knows little about.
A layman in my congregation said that when he hears from a spiritual leader, he wants to be pointed to a higher plane, transcendental truths, reminded of the teachings of Jesus. He doesn’t need political advice, he’s got plenty of places to go for that, sources that understand American politics far more than the clergy does.
I really am disappointed at clergy that feel the need to jump on the same bandwagon that the media giants are pushing. At this point it feels like piling on, virtue signaling, at a time when what we desperately NEED to be doing is calming people down and acting as agents of reconciliation.
Absolutely agree.
The Church of Wales is in a dire state, arguably worse than here in England (I live just across the water from Cardiff). Both here and in Wales we have been woefully let down by the Church leadership.
This story above is miserably typical of the sort of nonsense emerging on a daily basis. I’m afraid I long ago left the Anglican church, but I still care, hugely, because the unsaved, who typically have no idea what denominations nor doctrinal differences mean, think these people represent Christ and His church.
My own non-Christian friends ask me sometimes about the wackier stuff that hits the MSM, for example helter skelters in the nave, and Ms. Ozanne suggesting Evangelicals should be monitored (by the police?).
I tire of disassociating myself from what is basically evil–if they are not of God they can only be something else–and trying to explain that a lot of it, including this sad political posturing above, has nothing to do with God’s saving grace..
How did they get to the positions they hold?
I’m afraid I find Kevin and George rather too generous — these leaders have a very important job to do, preaching the Gospel and pastoral oversight, and the Archbishops in particular presume to speak for Protestant Christianity here as a whole.
Besides which they keep leading me into sin: I have dreadful daydreams in which a covert operation successfully abducts Foley Beach and manages to replace Justin Welby with him (
we, er the conspirators, get round the appearance issue by suggesting Welby grew a beard in lockdown). Sadly it doesn’t last long. The media notice the Archbishop is suddenly doing what he ought to be… at which point I usually snap out of it. But by then the damage has been done.We live in an era when we demand someone’s resignation for looking at us cross-wise. It’s so over used that when were have an event where resignation might be appropriate, I can only manage an eye-roll & a yawn.
Perhaps if he spent more time dedicated to teaching Christ and Him crucified, he wouldn’t have time for such silliness.
President Trump should be removed from office, the sooner the very much better.
But I don’t like the Archbishop of Wales telling me this. It’s none of his business. He can go soak his head.