On Christian persecution

Over at The Anglo-Catholic, I write:

We as Traditional Anglicans also have known what it is like to face unjust criticism, demonization and marginalization because we take having an orthodox catholic faith seriously. What is sad is that often this comes from fellow Christians!

The NDP MP made a point of saying he too is Catholic. (A pro-abortion, pro-same-sex marriage Catholic, but hey! ) And Marci McDonald says she is a Christian, too.

I call people like this the "eat me last" Christians. You know, the ones who see the hungry crocodile and they try to feed others to his gaping maw, hoping the beast's appetite will be filled.

The problem is for those Christians who try to be "nice" and "progressive" and appeasing and like the crew at Notre Dame that welcomed President Obama's divide and conquer strategy of 'you are nice Catholics over here, but those others who don't like my abortion policies or health care statism are bad Catholics" will soon find that the encroachment of Leviathan extends to their Catholic institutions and hospitals and other realms in ways that will soon violate their consciences as well.

And as our Ottawa priest Fr. Peter Jardine, who works with Voice of the Martyrs, reminds us, those who want to persecute Christians don't care what denomination you are, or whether you are a good Catholic or a bad Catholic or Pentecostal. When the pogroms come, your being Christian is enough for your house to be burned down.

Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren, a former Anglican now Catholic convert, writes about all this in today's paper, and has this advice:

How should Christians respond to such attacks? To fellow Catholics, I would suggest, take the Rosary out of your pocket and wave it in their faces. To all other Christians, likewise: do not be cowed, do not retreat an inch. You have every right to maintain the beliefs that built Western Civilization against the beliefs that are taking it down and a duty in good conscience to affirm Christ, regardless of the consequences.

Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/McCarthyism/3086591/story.html#ixzz0pL86MEY5

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