The Anglicans have rewritten the Gloria Patri to make it less offensive, bless their hearts. The optional new, improved version goes like this.<\/p>\n
Glory to God, Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit,
\nAs is was in the beginning, is now, and shall be forever. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAs a reminder, here’s the version of the original that I’m familiar with.<\/p>\n
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
\nAs it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
\nWorld without end. Amen<\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhat’s the critical difference between these versions? It is this: the new version is no longer Trinitarian. The three persons<\/i> of God have disappeared. Instead, we have three characteristics<\/i> of a Unitarian God. The first line of the PC version could just as well have read,<\/p>\n
Glory to You, Source of all being, and to the Eternal Word, and to the Holy Spirit…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
but it doesn’t. Inclusive language turns out to be exclusive, after all. Disguised as an agonisingly sensitive response to the genuine<\/i> anguish that women have clearly<\/i> suffered for millennia in reciting the Gloria, the revolutionaries who have gained the ascendency in various Christian jurisdictions over the last forty or fifty years have slipped a Unitarian formula into one of the most oft-repeated prayers of the Church. A substantial proportion of the Anglican communion now regularly proclaim that God, the Trinity, is dead: long live God the Unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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