Yesterday I treated myself to the matinee viewing of Elizabeth the Golden Age, the story of Queen Elizabeth of England http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizaquotes.htm. The story of Elizabeth is one of Royal power that sought after peace, and ironically religious toleration.
To be sure, Elizabeth continued down the path of a Church officially separated from Rome, but nonetheless, Elizabeth was a God-fearing woman whose crown was nothing other than a Divine Right monarchy.
But, as I watched the movie, I could not take a "side." I am half Spanish and half English/Irish. I was raised Catholic, but spent ten years as a Methodist, that lay monastic movement originally founded by later Church of England priest, John Wesley. I am, as you were, 'caught in the middle' between any ethnic conflict of Anglo VS. Spaniard.
So, as I watch the movie, all I could do was affirm what was true in each side and then move on. Yes, the Spanish are correct in insisting on the UNITY of the CHURCH that is separate from NATION STATE LOYALTY. Yes, again, however, the English are correct that ROYAL POWER is not arbitrary, but rather instituted by GOD HIMSELF.
So, in conclusion, in not taking sides, rather than being somehow 'moderate' (a political term that generally means "COMPROMISED"!!!) instead is simply standing up for TRUTH. This is why, rather than the Church at Rome or the Church at Canterbury, I instead look to the original Church, the Church at JERUSALEM. In Revelation, the "New Jerusalem" descends from heaven, NOT the "New Rome" nor the "New Canterbury." It is for this reason that true Christianity can only be BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY, and as such, the Early Church Father whom I have always admired the most is St. Cyril of Jerusalem, a 4th century ecclesiastical descendent of the original CHURCH of the APOSTLES.
Blessings in Jesus Christ,
Rob J. King, Resident Alien of this fallen world, awaiting the coming of the NEW JERUSALEM
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