Ichabod in two pictures

One is reluctant to comment on anything at all nowadays, and certainly not on ‘The Confirmation Of The Election Of Sarah Mullally To The Office Of Archbishop’ on January 26th, 2026. 

The Zeitgeist of anythingism, tolerance and niceness is now ubiquitous and systemic, and has infiltrated the Church of England. I may yet be cancelled, ostracised and close to committing the unforgivable sin for what I am about to say! But I must – for conscience sake! As S. Freud might have said, ‘thou shalt not repress!’

Having forced myself to watch it all on-line (no one ever thought of inviting me!), the whole event was certainly deliberately pompous, and thus memorable, all carefully choreographed and meticulously orchestrated by the elite. 

Two pictures stick in my mind that sum it all up for me, and the camera never lies!

Here she is, swearing, no, no, as in invoking God, on an upside down Bible. With poignant precision! Sarah Mullally, contrary to what she promised, does not accept the authority of the Bible. Invoking the name of God to bless that for which there is no biblical justification is certainly bizarre, deluded and reprehensible. It simply amounts to perjury, if not deliberate lying. I am too polite to mention the name of the father of all lies! 

And then I note a group of people near the front dressed in black, reminding me of a funeral service in (or, ‘of’) the Church of England. A church of which Christ is no longer the head, is dead, and one can certainly smell the rot. 

Well, live and let live, but also let the dead bury the dead! 

I will finish my humble contribution, served with humble pie, with W. Cowper who plagiarised my thoughts:

“The World grown old her deep discernment shows,

Claps spectacles on her sagacious nose,

Peruses closely the true Christian's face,

And finds it a mere mask of sly grimace;

Usurps God's office, lays his bosom bare.

And finds hypocrisy close lurking there;

And, serving God herself through mere constraint.

Concludes his unfeign'd love of him a feint.

And yet, God knows, look human nature through,

(And in due time the world shall know it too)”