St. Paul's Episcopal Church to remove images of Confederate flags (VA)

[struggle4progress]

Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015 9:15 pm
By LAURA KEBEDE Richmond Times-Dispatch

The historic St. Paul’s Episcopal Church known as the “Cathedral of the Confederacy” has begun removing all images of the Confederate flag from within its walls.

The measure includes six plaques with various versions of the Confederate flag, the church’s coat of arms with the flag on kneelers at the high altar, and bookplates in some books in the church’s library.

The coat of arms will be retired, and the church will start to dig deeper in its history, the role of race and slavery in that history, and how parishioners can engage in conversations about race in the Richmond region, church leadership announced Sunday, three months after conversations began with the congregation.

The elected church leadership also said it hopes to erect a memorial to honor slaves in Richmond, especially slaves who were members of St. Paul’s Episcopal ...

http://www.richmond.com/life/faith-values/article_c63ecfcc-b7ae-589b-aac5-e9142ac7475f.html

[Bluenorthwest]

1. And yet it will remain 'St Pauls' named after the man who sent the slave Onesimus back to his

master, the book of Philemon is a letter to the slave owner. It is not the book of Ephesians in which Paul, called Saint by some, offers this command:

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
Ephesians 6:5-9New International Version (NIV)


So there you go. They will keep naming things after slavery supporting misogynist homophobes. Just without the flag. Not really impressed. Sorry.

[struggle4progress]

2. "... you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave -- but more than a slave,

a beloved brother ..." Philemon 15-16

[jwirr]

3. Very curious: how did this Minnesota church for the confederacy

come to be in a state that sent Union troops down to defeat the Confederacy? My great great grandfather and his 16 year old son from Iowa actually trained for war in southern MN? This is the first I have heard of this.

[gratuitous]

4. St Paul's church in Richmond Virginia

Not a church in St. Paul Minnesota.

[jwirr]

5. Thank you. That makes sense.