Ironic God Or No God But Irony

Adrian at Pluralist Speaks is indefatigable in producing parodies on the current Romish/Anglican drama, which is, in itself, close to parody and thus a fertile field. His latest is titled "New Catholic Anglican Church".

Today the Archbishop of Anglicanism, Rowan Tree, and his Brother-in-Faith, Archbishop to Angles and Saxons, Vince Hill, issued a joint statement of ecstatic welcome to a new papal decree setting up another Anglican Church this time inside Roman Catholicism. However, at a press conference held later, the Archbishop of Anglicanism added, "The way I'm feeling, the way I am treated by those who are, apparently, my lot, I might not be the last in line to sign on and sign in."
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The Apostolic Constitution sets up lots of buildings called Cottages with male only toilets. The urinals will be personal ordinary ones. In the main halls, men in funny costumes and newly washed clerical collars will be able to gather and say Anglican things while actually having a picture of the Pope up above. They'll even be able to have seminary Cottages for new Roman Anglican devotees.

Do read the rest. I warned Adrian that I may need to turn him in to the inquisitors, if he continues with his wickedness, but he pays me no mind as I see that he's already posted again - twice! - in defiance of my warning.

The exchange below in the comments to the post stays in my mind, so here it is to ponder if you like:

Blogger Gene Shinai said...

Adrian, When I first read about the Catholic overture. I wondered if Priestly Celibacy might not be at risk. Apparently I'm not the only one thinking this way:

Liberalise the Catholics by bringing in the conservative Anglicans. Surely there is no God but Irony. (My emphasis)
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Blogger Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold) said...

My view too. There is no God but [there is] irony.
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Blogger Grandmère Mimi said...

"Liberalise the Catholics by bringing in the conservative Anglicans. Surely there is no God but Irony."

Irony there, all right, Gene. On the other hand, could it be that irony is one of the attributes of God?

Gene's quote is apt and, at least to me, hilarious. The parties on both sides may want to contemplate bit more the long-term consequences of Rome's offer, before rushing into action.

For what it's worth, I move past both Gene's and Adrian's thoughts to my own faith in God and my own, no doubt, skewed concept of that God. I believe that it's quite possible that irony is an attribute of God. Why not?

Note: I simplified Gene's link above to the piece in the New York Times, which is worth a read.

“Now we’re opening up a whole structure within the Latin rite, within the Western rite, which will allow married priests to function,” said Thomas Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University and a liberal Catholic commentator.

Father Reese raised a series of intriguing hypothetical questions: Would unmarried Anglican priests who want to become Catholic priests have to take a vow of chastity? (The answer is presumably yes.) Could a Catholic man convert to Anglicanism, be ordained as an Anglican priest, then rejoin the Catholic Church under the new Anglican rite? (The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, dismissed that idea as “a trick.”)

And we all know that trickiness has never been an attribute of the powers nor of the hoi polloi in Christianity.

Image by Adrian. He titles it "benny+mitre".

UPDATE: In the comments, Ann notes that Adrian has a great piece at the Episcopal Café, titled "The Failed Ecclesiology of Rowan Williams". I've already visited and left a comment.