tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post5251480175465971819..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Yet Another Reason to Not Visit the National Cathedral Undergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-78917637468004493992014-07-07T16:07:07.946-04:002014-07-07T16:07:07.946-04:00No self respecting evil spirit would be frightened...No self respecting evil spirit would be frightened of a 20th century movie character. No God fearing Church would waste its precious dollars on such frivolity. <br /><br />"What are these fantastic monsters doing in the cloisters before the eyes of the brothers as they read? What is the meaning of these unclean monkeys, these strange savage lions, and monsters? To what purpose are here placed these creatures, half beast, half man, or these spotted tigers? I see several bodies with one head and several heads with one body. Here is a quadruped with a serpent's head, there a fish with a quadruped's head, then again an animal half horse, half goat... Surely if we do not blush for such absurdities, we should at least regret what we have spent on them." - St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) (1963). "Apologia ad Guillelmum abbatemUndergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-90217733876325105732014-07-07T08:00:45.520-04:002014-07-07T08:00:45.520-04:00Darth Vader is a perfect example of the trendy inc...Darth Vader is a perfect example of the trendy inclusivity of TEC. The Grotesque (since it propably does not serve as a waterspout) represents the incorporation of fantasy/science fiction into the increasingly pagan organization. Vadar also represents something once good who turned to evil. I wonder if the TEC leadership are old hipsters since they are so into irony.Dale Matsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975212053636312471noreply@blogger.com