{"id":15033,"date":"2011-11-28T08:47:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15033"},"modified":"2011-11-28T08:47:47","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:47:47","slug":"the-bishop-of-sheffield-doesnt-like-the-economic-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-bishop-of-sheffield-doesnt-like-the-economic-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bishop of Sheffield doesn&#039;t like the economic system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk\/news\/local\/bishop_condemns_system_based_on_ethics_of_greed_1_4001008\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15025\" title=\"Croft\" src=\"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Croft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"148\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THE Bishop of Sheffield has spoken out against an economic system \u201cshaped by the ethics of greed and everyone for themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u2018Occupy Sheffield\u2019 protest continued on the forecourt of the Cathedral, the Rt Rev Dr Steven Croft said: \u201cWe may want to agree with the questions which are being raised whilst disagreeing with the methods of the protesters in raising them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Sheffield Anglican Synod last Saturday, the Bishop said the Church\u2019s voice needed to be heard as the economic crisis continues and deepens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>People, not economic systems are greedy. If the Church had a firm grip on the notion that we are all sinners &#8211; greedy sinners &#8211; and did its job to spread the good news that there is a remedy for sin in Jesus Christ, people would be less greedy and the economic system that so preoccupies trendy western bishops would be less &#8220;shaped by the ethics of greed&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From here: THE Bishop of Sheffield has spoken out against an economic system \u201cshaped by the ethics of greed and everyone for themselves\u201d. As the \u2018Occupy Sheffield\u2019 protest continued on the forecourt of the Cathedral, the Rt Rev Dr Steven &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-bishop-of-sheffield-doesnt-like-the-economic-system\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[505,1165],"class_list":["post-15033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-occupy","tag-bishop-of-sheffield","tag-occupy-sheffield"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}