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- GRAPEVINE, Page 25Onward, Christian Rockers
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- By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- The new Archbishop of Canterbury apparently has a tin ear
- for diplomatic language. The Rev. George Carey, who will be
- formally installed this Friday, told an interviewer, "The idea
- that only a male can represent Christ on the altar is a most
- serious heresy." The comment prompted protests from Anglican
- traditionalists, who vehemently oppose the ordination of women.
- Carey apologized, but the furor had barely subsided when he
- declared that his enthronement would feature a brief selection
- of songs accompanied by bass guitar, synthesizer and saxophone.
- The notion of the ancient ceremony being interrupted by 20th
- century sounds has scandalized the church's right wing. Huffs
- Donald Webster, a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and
- one of Britain's leading hymnologists: "When you have popular
- music in the service, it lowers the tone."
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