{"id":28760,"date":"2021-01-01T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T18:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=28760"},"modified":"2021-01-01T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T18:13:24","slug":"baptising-my-new-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/baptising-my-new-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptising my new pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diocese of Niagara has a new liturgy to celebrate the renaming of a person who decides to behave as if he is the opposite sex to the one imposed on him by such trivia as his chromosomes.<\/p>\n

The diocese hastens to point out that this is not exactly a re-baptism \u2013 that would be most unAnglican \u2013 rather, it \u201csacralizes\u201d the whole experience. Just speaking personally, I think I would need a little more incentive before agreeing to have my genitals chopped off. That\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n

According to Canon Penny Anderson, the mastermind behind this initiative, there are a \u201cgrowing number of people in our diocese\u201d who are not in the least bit deterred by the prospect of this barbaric practice. We live in strange times.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"Bishop Susan Bell has authorized for use in the Diocese of Niagara an interim rite to enable clergy to better respond to the pastoral needs of transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive parishioners.<\/p>\n

The rite is called \u2018Affirming the Newly Named\u2019 and celebrates and affirms those who are claiming a new name and set of pronouns as part of their journey to fullness of life in regard to their gender identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so grateful to have this pastoral rite available for use in parishes as it names and sacralizes the experience of trans and non-binary people who are beloved of God,\u201d says Bishop Bell about the new liturgy.<\/p>\n

Canon Penny Anderson, who helped to craft this liturgy, says that \u201cfeeling free to live their authentic gender identity is central to the faith journey of a growing number of people in our diocese.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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