Watching the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday it struck me is that she is not just Primate of All England and the worldwide Anglican communion but also bishop of the Canterbury diocese, albeit that her local duties are mostly delegated to the Bishop of Dover.
A recent post showed that Charlton fans are the leading group of football supporters in Kent and it occurred to me that there should be some representation from the club in the congregation.
Lo and behold, VOTV editor Rick Everitt posted a selfie of himself there. No doubt he was there in his capacity as a 'town hall tyrant' (copyright Lord Young of Acton) although apparently the headquarters of Thanet District Council are a 1970s redbrick building in Margate.
It all brought back memories of theology lessons at St. Margaret's CoE on Plumstead Common. I think that the now demolished church was on the high end of the spectrum and we were told that if we went to France on holiday we could go to a Roman Catholic church. The nearest any of us were going to get to France was a day trip to one of the channel ports: a day excursion by steam train to Margate was more likely.
However, this led me to ask whether the real difference between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church was that the Pope was Italian not English and was based in Rome rather than Canterbury. I was thrown out of the class and the headmistress told me that I was a very wicked boy.
Returning to football, Richard Cawley has an important podcast on Charlton's finances. I am yet to listen to it, but I am sure that it is a thorough treatment of some worrying financial results.
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