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22/01/2008
Evangelical Group 'Says No' To Church Rosary Beads
An NI Protestant group has asked for an end to the sale of rosary beads at Dublin's main Protestant church, St Patrick's Church of Ireland.
The Evangelical Protestant Society said the rosary is a traditional Roman Catholic practice and as such should not be on sale in a Protestant church.
The group complained to the Dean of St Patrick's, saying the space taken up by the beads would be better used to stock evangelical Christian literature.
The group said it is an entirely 'unbiblical' concept that has no place in Protestant worship or practice
The Dean, Very Rev Dr Robert McCarthy, replied: "The reason we sell rosary beads is because the majority of visitors are not Anglicans and if these visual aids are of use to them so much the better."
Meanwhile, in a separate development, the Orange Order has accused the "so-called" NI Equality Commission of trying to wipe "Britishness" off the face of Northern Ireland.
The order claims the commission has a long-term strategy to ban the flying of the union flag on official buildings on the grounds that the practice is divisive
However, it says the commission is ignoring the divisive symbols of Irishness such as the use of the Irish language in dual road signage, for example.
See: Evangelical Protestant Society
(BMcC)
The Evangelical Protestant Society said the rosary is a traditional Roman Catholic practice and as such should not be on sale in a Protestant church.
The group complained to the Dean of St Patrick's, saying the space taken up by the beads would be better used to stock evangelical Christian literature.
The group said it is an entirely 'unbiblical' concept that has no place in Protestant worship or practice
The Dean, Very Rev Dr Robert McCarthy, replied: "The reason we sell rosary beads is because the majority of visitors are not Anglicans and if these visual aids are of use to them so much the better."
Meanwhile, in a separate development, the Orange Order has accused the "so-called" NI Equality Commission of trying to wipe "Britishness" off the face of Northern Ireland.
The order claims the commission has a long-term strategy to ban the flying of the union flag on official buildings on the grounds that the practice is divisive
However, it says the commission is ignoring the divisive symbols of Irishness such as the use of the Irish language in dual road signage, for example.
See: Evangelical Protestant Society
(BMcC)
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