The Church of England doesn’t talk that much about demons during its General Synod. Since the church is removing the devil from baptismal liturgies, it isn’t too surprising that his minions don’t get much time at Synod. Until now.

According to the Right Reverend Stephen Croft, the “great demon of our day” is climate change – what else – and the damage it will do is “unimaginable”. A couple of thousand years ago it took a whole legion of demons to throw a bunch of pigs over a cliff; such has Mephistophelian potency burgeoned since Rowan’s retirement, now all it takes is one demon to destroy the entire planet.

And people say the Church of England has lost touch with the pulse of modernity.

From here:

“The issue of climate change is real and it is happening.”

Canon Goddard pointed out the moral case from a Christian point of view: “Care for the Earth, as a gift of the Creator, is in many ways foundational for the Gospel. We have the responsibility, expressed for example in the Genesis story and in the covenant with Noah, to care for God’s creation.”

He added: “Climate Change is a moral issue because the rich world has disproportionately contributed to it and the poor world is disproportionately suffering.”

Many members of the General Synod supported this motion with the Bishop of Sheffield, the Right Reverend Stephen Croft saying: “The threat of climate change is a giant evil, a great demon of our day. The damage this great demon will do to this beautiful earth if unchecked, is unimaginable.”