KORAN READ AT NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

J. Grant Swank, Jr.

The Koran is regarded as holy writ by the new dean at the Washington National Cathedral.

Samuel Lloyd, former rector at Trinity Episcopal Church, Copley Square, Boston, is now the newly installed dean at the Cathedral.In his installation worship, Lloyd had the Koran read though the service was not listed as an "ecumenical worship." Nevertheless, that publication which espouses killing off all non-Muslims was very much ensconced in the Episcopal building.

The Koran, regarded by Muslims as inspired by Allah, sets forth numerous dictates to slay "the infidels," the latter regarded as all non-Muslims. In fact, those Muslims who cowardly shy away from slaughtering non-Muslims are to be slain for not seeing through the demands of the Islamic divine.

It was from this so-called "holy book" that the new dean of the prestigious worship center read portions in his setting the theologically pace for future gatherings. It is now a far cry from the biblical ministry of Philips Brooks, author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem," that we have Samuel Lloyd, the latter having served as pastor of the same downtown Boston church as did Brooks years ago.

Lloyd today represents the apostasy prevalent among AmericanEpiscopalians, especially the wayward clergy. What is tragic is that Lloyd is now positioned in such a once-significant pulpit as the Washington Cathedral, previously regarded as the biblical tradition example of Anglicanism.Invited to speak at Lloyd's installation was George F. Regas, rector emeritus, All Saints Church, Pasadena.

Among other theologically liberal positions, Regas stated in his sermon that Jesus is not the only way of salvation. In other words, when Jesus stated in the Gospel records that there is no other way to God the Father but by Him, Jesus was incorrect.

To further the spirit of AntiChrist milieu of the Cathedral under the new dean's leadership, the Cathedral will be the official worship location in October for the installation of the new moderator of the Metropolitan Community Church.

The MCC has for years been the mainstay for homosexuals claiming to be religious, in fact, quite frequently claiming to be "Christians."Henceforth, the Cathedral will no longer be regarded with the esteem it once legitimately carried.

It will be known by biblically aligned Christians as the symbol of spiritual rebellion in the nation's capital. Lloyd will foster such purposeful religious madness under the banner of all-things-to-all-peoples, riling all the more the sculpturally loyal Anglicans of that worldwide communion.