{"id":34,"date":"2007-02-21T06:25:15","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T14:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opinion.katrinasdream.org\/?p=34"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:29:05","slug":"primates-the-bloody-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/primates-the-bloody-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Primates: The Bloody End"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><strong>Archbishop of Canterbury:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>comments at the final press conference in Tanzania<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"right\">20th February 2007<\/div>\n<p>May I echo the thanks for your patience which Philip has already shared<br \/>\nwith you &#8211; we&#8217;re very appreciative of the fact that it is late and we&#8217;re<br \/>\nall tired.<\/p>\n<p>Also before I start, I went from one session just to check the BBC news<br \/>\nand heard more details about he appalling bombing on the train in India<br \/>\nand I know that all the Primates will want to put on record their grief<br \/>\nand shock about this and their prayers for all involved and their<br \/>\nfamilies.<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;d like to do is touch briefly &#8211; very briefly &#8211; on the issues in<br \/>\nthe final communique of our meeting. As usual, you&#8217;ll see elements there<br \/>\nof narrative &#8211; this is what we did, these are the activities we shared<br \/>\nand these were the subjects we covered. You&#8217;ll notice the reference<br \/>\nthere to the commissioning of our new representative at the United<br \/>\nNations, and following on from that, some discussion of future work that<br \/>\ncan be done on the Millennium Development goals by the Communion,<br \/>\nespecially in the forthcoming conference in Johannesburg in a few week&#8217;s<br \/>\ntime at which I hope to be present.<\/p>\n<p>We also received and welcomed the report on Theological Education and<br \/>\nidentified a new project on interpretation of the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>The business of following through the recommendations of the Windsor<br \/>\nreport covers, as you see, a great deal of our business and it touches<br \/>\non what we&#8217;ve called the listening process, and we had an extremely good<br \/>\ndiscussion and report from Canon Philip Groves and a great deal of<br \/>\ninformation about the variety of responses and perspectives around the<br \/>\nworld on these questions around listening to the experience of<br \/>\nhomosexual people and the challenges of equitable and patient pastoral<br \/>\nministry to them.<br \/>\n<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\" There\\'s a reference to the report on the Panel of Reference, you\\'ve heard something already of the Anglican Covenant, but it\\'s probably the remainder of the document, from paragraph 17 onwards that contains the meat of our recommendations. In short, the feeling of the meeting as a whole was that the response of the General Convention of The Episcopal Church to the recommendations of the Windsor report, a response made at General Convention last year, represented some steps in a very encouraging direction but did not yet represent a situation in which we could say \\'business as usual\\'. What that means in practice is spelled out in what follows. We\\'re still as a communion in a place where our doctrinal position is that of Lambeth 1.10 and where that position has been reiterated in a number of Primates\\' Meetings, ACC meetings and a number of other fora. That hasn\\'t changed. However there are two factors which we needed to take seriously and engage with. The first is this: the response of The Episcopal Church, while not wholly clear, represented a willingness to engage with the Communion and awareness of the cost of difficulty that decisions have generated, so our first questions is \\'how do we best engage with that willingness?\\' How do we work with the stream of desire to remain with the Communion? The second factor is the very substantial group of bishops and others within The Episcopal Church perhaps amounting to nearly one quarter of the Bishops who have spelt out not only their willingness to abide by the Windsor report in all its aspects, but to provide carefully worked-through system of pastoral oversight for those in The Episcopal Church who are not content with the decisions of General Convention. So what you have before you is an attempt to see if there is, while the Covenant is being discussed around the Communion, to see if there is an \",1] ); \/\/--><\/script><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a reference to the report on the Panel of Reference, you&#8217;ve<br \/>\nheard something already of the Anglican Covenant, but it&#8217;s probably the<br \/>\nremainder of the document, from paragraph 17 onwards that contains the<br \/>\nmeat of our recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the feeling of the meeting as a whole was that the response of<br \/>\nthe General Convention of The Episcopal Church to the recommendations of<br \/>\nthe Windsor report, a response made at General Convention last year,<br \/>\nrepresented some steps in a very encouraging direction but did not yet<br \/>\nrepresent a situation in which we could say &#8216;business as usual&#8217;. What<br \/>\nthat means in practice is spelled out in what follows.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still as a communion in a place where our doctrinal position is<br \/>\nthat of Lambeth 1.10 and where that position has been reiterated in a<br \/>\nnumber of Primates&#8217; Meetings, ACC meetings and a number of other fora.<br \/>\nThat hasn&#8217;t changed. However there are two factors which we needed to<br \/>\ntake seriously and engage with.<\/p>\n<p>The first is this: the response of The Episcopal Church, while not<br \/>\nwholly clear, represented a willingness to engage with the Communion and<br \/>\nawareness of the cost of difficulty that decisions have generated, so<br \/>\nour first questions is &#8216;how do we best engage with that willingness?&#8217;<br \/>\nHow do we work with the stream of desire to remain with the Communion?<\/p>\n<p>The second factor is the very substantial group of bishops and others<br \/>\nwithin The Episcopal Church perhaps amounting to nearly one quarter of<br \/>\nthe Bishops who have spelt out not only their willingness to abide by<br \/>\nthe Windsor report in all its aspects, but to provide carefully<br \/>\nworked-through system of pastoral oversight for those in The Episcopal<br \/>\nChurch who are not content with the decisions of General Convention.<\/p>\n<p>So what you have before you is an attempt to see if there is, while the<br \/>\nCovenant is being discussed around the Communion, to see if there is an<br \/>\n<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"interim solution that will certainly fall very far short of resolving all the disputes that are before us but will provide a way of moving forward with integrity. A system of pastoral care for the substantial minority in The Episcopal Church, an encouragement for them and others within The Episcopal Church in whatever desire they have to remain on stream with the rest of the Communion; and also, more importantly a way of beginning to negotiate a way through the very difficult situations that have been created by interventions from other Provinces in the life of The Episcopal Church. We accepted the good faith of those responsible for such interventions, and we heard some very moving testimonies about that; at the same time they and we recognise that that can only be a temporary solution and the preferable solution is to have some kind of settlement negotiated within the church life of the United States. Hence the recommendations of the Primates at the end; a proposal to establish a pastoral council; a responsibility shared between the Primates\\' Meeting and the Presiding Bishop, asking those bishops who have already offered to take up this responsibility to provide pastoral care within The Episcopal Church for the conscientious minority and a challenge to both sides really, a challenge to The Episcopal Church to clarify its position; a challenge also to those who have intervened from elsewhere to see if they can negotiate their way towards an equitable settlement within the life of the North America Church. You\\'ll notice that we also suggested, to pick up an unfortunate metaphor that\\'s been around quite a bit, the kind of ceasefire in terms of litigation. At the very end of the recommendations you\\'ll see that the very last paragraph that the primates urge representatives of The Episcopal Church and of those congregations in property disputes with it, to suspend all actions in law arising from this situation, None of \",1] ); \/\/--><\/script>interim solution that will certainly fall very far short of resolving<br \/>\nall the disputes that are before us but will provide a way of moving<br \/>\nforward with integrity. A system of pastoral care for the substantial<br \/>\nminority in The Episcopal Church, an encouragement for them and others<br \/>\nwithin The Episcopal Church in whatever desire they have to remain on<br \/>\nstream with the rest of the Communion; and also, more importantly a way<br \/>\nof beginning to negotiate a way through the very difficult situations<br \/>\nthat have been created by interventions from other Provinces in the life<br \/>\nof The Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n<p>We accepted the good faith of those responsible for such interventions,<br \/>\nand we heard some very moving testimonies about that; at the same time<br \/>\nthey and we recognise that that can only be a temporary solution and the<br \/>\npreferable solution is to have some kind of settlement negotiated within<br \/>\nthe church life of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Hence the recommendations of the Primates at the end; a proposal to<br \/>\nestablish a pastoral council; a responsibility shared between the<br \/>\nPrimates&#8217; Meeting and the Presiding Bishop, asking those bishops who<br \/>\nhave already offered to take up this responsibility to provide pastoral<br \/>\ncare within The Episcopal Church for the conscientious minority and a<br \/>\nchallenge to both sides really, a challenge to The Episcopal Church to<br \/>\nclarify its position; a challenge also to those who have intervened from<br \/>\nelsewhere to see if they can negotiate their way towards an equitable<br \/>\nsettlement within the life of the North America Church.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll notice that we also suggested, to pick up an unfortunate metaphor<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s been around quite a bit, the kind of ceasefire in terms of<br \/>\nlitigation. At the very end of the recommendations you&#8217;ll see that the<br \/>\nvery last paragraph that the primates urge representatives of The<br \/>\nEpiscopal Church and of those congregations in property disputes with<br \/>\nit, to suspend all actions in law arising from this situation, None of<br \/>\n<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"us; none of us believe that litigation and counter litigation can be a proper way forward and we don\\'t see that we can move towards sensible balanced reconciliation while that remains a threat in wide use. Those are the bones of what we\\'ve said here; I\\'d like to put it in the context of the Covenant process which you\\'ve already heard a little about and to suggest to you that what it amounts to is a package, not one single proposal, not one single scheme, but a way of encouraging and nurturing certain elements in The Episcopal Church a way of clarifying the challenge overall that the Communion wants to put to The Episcopal Church within that time frame during which the covenant will be discussed and we hope eventually accepted. Thank you. Question concerning homosexuality; is it a gift from God or is it a sin? The teaching of the Anglican Church remains that homosexual activity is not compatible with scripture. The homosexual condition, the homosexual desire, we don\\'t call conditions sinful in that sense. Q Was the cost of keeping the communion together allowing other provinces to continue to trespass on the property of The Episcopal Church? Well I think if you look at the communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 you\\'ll see that that\\'s precisely the situation we\\'re trying to rectify and to well, to end. Now that\\'s not going to happen tomorrow, but that is certainly very explicitly there as a concern shared round the room. Q What\\'s this we hear about you guys joining up with the Roman Catholic Church? What\\'s this we hear about the end of the world ... I think what you hear is a really rather remarkably garbled version of a document which has appeared recently which simply states where we are practically in the limits of cooperation between ourselves and the Roman Catholic Church a document agreed by Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops around the world and suggesting what can be done in pastoral practice; it amounts to no \",1] ); \/\/--><\/script>us; none of us believe that litigation and counter litigation can be a<br \/>\nproper way forward and we don&#8217;t see that we can move towards sensible<br \/>\nbalanced reconciliation while that remains a threat in wide use.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the bones of what we&#8217;ve said here; I&#8217;d like to put it in the<br \/>\ncontext of the Covenant process which you&#8217;ve already heard a little<br \/>\nabout and to suggest to you that what it amounts to is a package, not<br \/>\none single proposal, not one single scheme, but a way of encouraging and<br \/>\nnurturing certain elements in The Episcopal Church a way of clarifying<br \/>\nthe challenge overall that the Communion wants to put to The Episcopal<br \/>\nChurch within that time frame during which the covenant will be<br \/>\ndiscussed and we hope eventually accepted. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>Question concerning homosexuality; is it a gift from God or is it a sin?<\/p>\n<p>The teaching of the Anglican Church remains that homosexual activity is<br \/>\nnot compatible with scripture. The homosexual condition, the homosexual<br \/>\ndesire, we don&#8217;t call conditions sinful in that sense.<\/p>\n<p>Q Was the cost of keeping the communion together allowing other<br \/>\nprovinces to continue to trespass on the property of The Episcopal<br \/>\nChurch?<\/p>\n<p>Well I think if you look at the communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 you&#8217;ll see that that&#8217;s<br \/>\nprecisely the situation we&#8217;re trying to rectify and to well, to end. Now<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s not going to happen tomorrow, but that is certainly very<br \/>\nexplicitly there as a concern shared round the room.<\/p>\n<p>Q What&#8217;s this we hear about you guys joining up with the Roman Catholic<br \/>\nChurch?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s this we hear about the end of the world &#8230; I think what you hear<br \/>\nis a really rather remarkably garbled version of a document which has<br \/>\nappeared recently which simply states where we are practically in the<br \/>\nlimits of cooperation between ourselves and the Roman Catholic Church a<br \/>\ndocument agreed by Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops around the world<br \/>\nand suggesting what can be done in pastoral practice; it amounts to no<br \/>\n<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"more than that. Q [response of the (TEC) House of Bishops ...] consequences of failure to spell out I think it\\'s impossible for me to speculate about the House of Bishops in the US and indeed the Presiding Bishop is not in a position, as indeed none of us is in a position to deliver the whole of the House of Bishops we hope that they will. On the specifics on the wording - well, these are the terms that have been put to them, I think it would be rather difficult if there were a response in other terms. On consequences, you\\'ll see there in the paper what seems a statement of bare fact; that if the House of Bishops cannot in good conscience - and that\\'s an important phrase because there are consciences involved - on both sides of this debate. If the reassurances cannot in good conscience, then in fact the damage is not repaired, and that has to affect some of the consideration we would want to give about the organs of the Communion. Q Including invitations to Lambeth? Among other things, that\\'ll have to be under consideration, I don\\'t pre-empt a decision but that\\'ll have to be discussed. Q Archbishop Akinola ... has he chosen to walk away from this? Archbishop Akinola has declared that he is prepared to support this document. Q What message is this sending to people in the pews who are tired of this ... what would you say is the end goal? The end goal is the Kingdom of God, isn\\'t it, and that takes a while. What would I say to people in the pews? I would say first of all that Gospel remains the Gospel -that is the love of God, the challenge of God the love of God promising absolution, the challenge of God requiring change. That doesn\\'t change and for people to go on in the baptised life, sharing Holy Communion, serving the world, there is no imperative bigger than that. I said I went back from one session and put the news on and looking at \",1] ); \/\/--><\/script>more than that.<\/p>\n<p>Q [response of the (TEC) House of Bishops &#8230;] consequences of failure<br \/>\nto spell out<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s impossible for me to speculate about the House of Bishops<br \/>\nin the US and indeed the Presiding Bishop is not in a position, as<br \/>\nindeed none of us is in a position to deliver the whole of the House of<br \/>\nBishops we hope that they will. On the specifics on the wording &#8211; well,<br \/>\nthese are the terms that have been put to them, I think it would be<br \/>\nrather difficult if there were a response in other terms.<\/p>\n<p>On consequences, you&#8217;ll see there in the paper what seems a statement of<br \/>\nbare fact; that if the House of Bishops cannot in good conscience &#8211; and<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s an important phrase because there are consciences involved &#8211; on<br \/>\nboth sides of this debate. If the reassurances cannot in good<br \/>\nconscience, then in fact the damage is not repaired, and that has to<br \/>\naffect some of the consideration we would want to give about the organs<br \/>\nof the Communion.<\/p>\n<p>Q Including invitations to Lambeth?<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, that&#8217;ll have to be under consideration, I don&#8217;t<br \/>\npre-empt a decision but that&#8217;ll have to be discussed.<\/p>\n<p>Q Archbishop Akinola &#8230; has he chosen to walk away from this?<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Akinola has declared that he is prepared to support this<br \/>\ndocument.<\/p>\n<p>Q What message is this sending to people in the pews who are tired of<br \/>\nthis &#8230; what would you say is the end goal?<\/p>\n<p>The end goal is the Kingdom of God, isn&#8217;t it, and that takes a while.<br \/>\nWhat would I say to people in the pews? I would say first of all that<br \/>\nGospel remains the Gospel -that is the love of God, the challenge of God<br \/>\nthe love of God promising absolution, the challenge of God requiring<br \/>\nchange. That doesn&#8217;t change and for people to go on in the baptised<br \/>\nlife, sharing Holy Communion, serving the world, there is no imperative<br \/>\nbigger than that.<\/p>\n<p>I said I went back from one session and put the news on and looking at<br \/>\n<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"the levels of human grief, terror and suffering around the world, it did seem to me that in many ways it\\'s quite difficult to persuade people that the Church - I don\\'t just mean the Anglican Church - has transforming good news when most of what people hear about us is our own internal divisions. There\\'s a lot in this communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 about what else we\\'re doing, that is the other 97% of what the Church does in terms of the Millennium Development Goals and other matters. I do hope people will bear that in mind as the primary vision. Q Primates concern about the problems of Africa; have they forgotten Africa? God forbid! The discussion we had on the Millennium Development Goals, to come back to that again, focussed on many of these issues and we heard discussions not only of course about Africa, but certainly about Africa and other places. We heard about the challenge of corruption, the challenge of debt, the challenge of course about HIV and Aids, which is a major focus of a forthcoming conference in Johannesburg; and of course I had the privilege of being able to discuss some of these things with the President of Tanzania and with the President of Zanzibar during this visit and get some sense of what was being done in these terms. Now one important fact here is that we have tired to reaffirm the capacity of the Church to deliver the Millennium Development Goals at grass roots level in a way that no other voluntary organisation can. This is a central theme in the thinking of many people in the Anglican Church at the moment and one of the challenges we have to rise to is whether we can better coordinate our work for development and in meeting these goals. Q Primatial vicar - will he trump the canons? ...What authority will this figure have? Well if you bear with me while I try and explain what is admittedly a slightly complicated concept. The Presiding Bishop has declared \",1] ); \/\/--><\/script>the levels of human grief, terror and suffering around the world, it did<br \/>\nseem to me that in many ways it&#8217;s quite difficult to persuade people<br \/>\nthat the Church &#8211; I don&#8217;t just mean the Anglican Church &#8211; has<br \/>\ntransforming good news when most of what people hear about us is our own<br \/>\ninternal divisions. There&#8217;s a lot in this communiqu\u00c3\u00a9 about what else<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re doing, that is the other 97% of what the Church does in terms of<br \/>\nthe Millennium Development Goals and other matters. I do hope people<br \/>\nwill bear that in mind as the primary vision.<\/p>\n<p>Q Primates concern about the problems of Africa; have they forgotten<br \/>\nAfrica?<\/p>\n<p>God forbid! The discussion we had on the Millennium Development Goals,<br \/>\nto come back to that again, focussed on many of these issues and we<br \/>\nheard discussions not only of course about Africa, but certainly about<br \/>\nAfrica and other places. We heard about the challenge of corruption, the<br \/>\nchallenge of debt, the challenge of course about HIV and Aids, which is<br \/>\na major focus of a forthcoming conference in Johannesburg; and of course<br \/>\nI had the privilege of being able to discuss some of these things with<br \/>\nthe President of Tanzania and with the President of Zanzibar during this<br \/>\nvisit and get some sense of what was being done in these terms.<\/p>\n<p>Now one important fact here is that we have tired to reaffirm the<br \/>\ncapacity of the Church to deliver the Millennium Development Goals at<br \/>\ngrass roots level in a way that no other voluntary organisation can.<br \/>\nThis is a central theme in the thinking of many people in the Anglican<br \/>\nChurch at the moment and one of the challenges we have to rise to is<br \/>\nwhether we can better coordinate our work for development and in meeting<br \/>\nthese goals.<\/p>\n<p>Q Primatial vicar &#8211; will he trump the canons? &#8230;What authority will<br \/>\nthis figure have?<\/p>\n<p>Well if you bear with me while I try and explain what is admittedly a<br \/>\nslightly complicated concept. The Presiding Bishop has declared<br \/>\n<script><!-- D([\"mb\",\"willingness to entertain the notion of a Primatial Vicar. What you have\nhere is the model that those bishops within the United States who have\ndeclared their willingness to abide by Windsor and so forth should be\ngiven the right to nominate a person who will act in the terms that they\nrecognise as constituting and offering adequate pastoral oversight. To\nthat person the PB will delegate certain power, but that person will be\nresponsible to the council, the Pastoral Council that will be set up, as\na means of communications with the Primates as a body. Now operating\nunder the canons and constitutions; that\\'s a difficult one to be clear\nabout.\n\nNow you won\\'t have, shouldn\\'t have any bishop operating any canons and\nconstitutions and the bishops we\\'re talking about, never mind for a\nmoment the practice of TEC, the canons and constitutions as such don\\'t\nviolate their conscience even if the practice does, so the challenge is\nto work out what that would mean, the proper degree of independence and\ncritical engagement which I think is meant to be represented by the link\nto the Primates meeting as a whole, not just to the Presiding Bishop and\nthe structure do TEC.\n\nIt\\'s an experiment; pray for it.\n\nENDS\n\n______________________________<wbr \/>______________________________<wbr \/>_______\nACNSlist, published by Anglican Communion News Service, London, is\ndistributed to more than 8,000 journalists and other readers around\nthe world.\n\nFor subscription INFORMATION please go to:\n<a onclick\\u003d\\\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\\\" href\\u003d\\\"http:\/\/www.anglicancommunion.org\/acns\/acnslist.html\\\" target\\u003d_blank>http:\/\/www.anglicancommunion<wbr \/>.org\/acns\/acnslist.html<\/a>\n\nTo UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your address, please click here:\n<a onclick\\u003d\\\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\\\" href\\u003d\\\"http:\/\/mh.epicom.org\\u002fscripts\/c.php?L\\u003dacns&amp;E\\u003dgeorge@katrinasdream.org\\\" target\\u003d_blank>http:\/\/mh.epicom.org\\u002fscripts\/c<wbr \/>.php?L\\u003dacns&amp;E\\u003dgeorge@katrinasd<wbr \/>ream.org<\/a>\n\nFor daily updates on local, national and communion-wide news stories\nplease visit the ACNS Digest page:\n<a onclick\\u003d\\\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\\\" href\\u003d\\\"http:\/\/www.anglicancommunion.org\/acns\/digest\/index.cfm\\\" target\\u003d_blank>http:\/\/www.anglicancommunion<wbr \/>.org\/acns\/digest\/index.cfm<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n\",0] );  \/\/--><\/script>willingness to entertain the notion of a Primatial Vicar. What you have<br \/>\nhere is the model that those bishops within the United States who have<br \/>\ndeclared their willingness to abide by Windsor and so forth should be<br \/>\ngiven the right to nominate a person who will act in the terms that they<br \/>\nrecognise as constituting and offering adequate pastoral oversight. To<br \/>\nthat person the PB will delegate certain power, but that person will be<br \/>\nresponsible to the council, the Pastoral Council that will be set up, as<br \/>\na means of communications with the Primates as a body. Now operating<br \/>\nunder the canons and constitutions; that&#8217;s a difficult one to be clear<br \/>\nabout.<\/p>\n<p>Now you won&#8217;t have, shouldn&#8217;t have any bishop operating any canons and<br \/>\nconstitutions and the bishops we&#8217;re talking about, never mind for a<br \/>\nmoment the practice of TEC, the canons and constitutions as such don&#8217;t<br \/>\nviolate their conscience even if the practice does, so the challenge is<br \/>\nto work out what that would mean, the proper degree of independence and<br \/>\ncritical engagement which I think is meant to be represented by the link<br \/>\nto the Primates meeting as a whole, not just to the Presiding Bishop and<br \/>\nthe structure do TEC.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an experiment; pray for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archbishop of Canterbury: comments at the final press conference in Tanzania 20th February 2007 May I echo the thanks for your patience which Philip has already shared with you &#8211; we&#8217;re very appreciative of the fact that it is late and we&#8217;re all tired. Also before I start, I went from one session just to&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/primates-the-bloody-end\/\">Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katrinasdream.org\/dreamscape\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}