“There is no such thing as Jew and Greek, slave and freeman, male and female; for you are all one person in Christ Jesus” ~ Galatians 3: 28
“Ultimately multi-national identities are harder to express than national ones.” ~ Cardinal O’Brien
What is Christianity if it is not a multi-national identity? I find it extraordinary that someone who believes that they have a vocation to be a Christian leader of some sort could even think that Nationalism is in some way superior to his own religion, let alone actually say so in an interview.
I’m neither Catholic nor Scottish so perhaps I should mind my own business, but I feel strongly that this is exactly the sort of political issue that Churches should avoid getting involved in; they will only divide (perhaps seriously) their flock, and worse still, could end up awakening (or in the case of Scotland re-awakening) old Sectarian bigotry.
