666 Bishops at Lambeth?
Read any press account of Lambeth 2008 and you will discover that there are 670 bishops attending this conference. But are there? I have heard rumours that there may in fact be 666 bishops in attendance. I don't need to remind you that is the 'number of the beast' according to the New Testament. I have even heard a mumbled conspiracy theory that the Anglican Communion Office is rounding off the number of bishops in attendance in order to disguise a number that could be used by cynics, sceptics, hacks and Gafconites to ridicule the gathering. Plainly, we have absolutely no evidence whatsoever to underwrite any of these rumours.
Comment number 1.
At 1st Aug 2008, MarcusAureliusII wrote:So does that make Rowan Williams the anti-Christ?
Complain about this comment (Comment number 1)
Comment number 2.
At 1st Aug 2008, gveale wrote:According to textual critics, some early documents record the number as 616, not 666. So "The Omen" may have mislead us all.
G Veale
Complain about this comment (Comment number 2)