A trigger warning for the Lord’s Prayer VERBATIM: It comes from Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York and the second most powerful man in the Church of England. At a recent gathering, Cottrell told other clergymen that they should be aware that the words “Our Father, who art in heaven, ” can be “problematic for […]
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A trigger warning for the Lord’s Prayer
A trigger warning for the Lord’s Prayer
VERBATIM: It comes from Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York and the second most powerful man in the Church of England. At a recent gathering, Cottrell told other clergymen that they should be aware that the words “Our Father, who art in heaven, ” can be “problematic for all of us who have laboured rather too much from an oppressively, patriarchal grip on life.” The Church of England is currently debating the use of gender-neutral pronouns for God. Michael Harrington, SRN News.