One of them a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slothful bellies.
Titus 1:12
My initial reaction on reading this:
Reports on Sunday said the relatives of a couple who tied the knot in Tsada in Paphos on Saturday would be lodging a complaint with the Paphos bishopric after the officiating priest allegedly punched the groom’s brother in the face during the wedding ceremony.
The incident was reported by Politis and CyBC news sites.
According to the two articles, during part of the ceremony, one of the best men was pushed in a friendly way by the groom’s brother during the Isiah Dance in which the altar is circled three times as part of the ceremony. The reports said the priest became frustrated and enraged, put down his prayer book and hit the brother in the face, drawing blood.
The father of the groom then went for the priest but was restrained, though the wedding almost came to a halt. When everyone calmed down however, the ceremony was completed but the priest allegedly disappeared immediately afterwards.
Wild wedding on Cyprus I guess! Perhaps Saint Paul was confused in his geography?
“…but the priest allegedly disappeared immediately afterwards”
No odor of brimstone, eh?
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A coworker once told of a wedding he attended in a Baptist church. The groom was not Baptist, and after lauding the bride’s faith the minister said “Joe, I’m not sure where you stand with the Lord…”. He then proceeded to rip the groom up and down. Finally some old guy in the back yelled out “What the hell’s this al about?” and the minister then recovered his propriety. My coworkers commented on the need to pick the right minister; my take was on the need to plant an old guy with a big mouth in the back.
Let us hire a cohort of such men for every conference, synod, council and meeting at the Vatican. How about we call them “Senior Evangelists” and find some obscure church history according to which hands were laid on such men and the Holy Spirit enlighteneed them before they cried out?
Well, THAT Baptists preacher made dang sure that the kids won’t be raised Baptist. If the lady is awesome enough that her husband didn’t kill that jerk, she’s not going to allow him to be abused like that.