Prince Harry and Meghan

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FrDavid96 said:
And since we are talking about the question of a sacrament, that’s not his decision to make.

He does not get to decide what does or does not constitute a Sacrament.
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The Archbishop does not decide arbitrarily, no. But the Church he leads does, and he has a right to act on that decision as Archbishop. Just as other Church leaders would do across Christendom.
 
twf said:
I have an image of you reading in a large arm chain in a private library with a monocle and a tweed suit. I mean that in the most complimentary way.
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I think you meant to say “in the most motley way”. (inside joke understood by some)
 
GKMotley said:
I thank you, and wish it were so. I abandoned my plans to add a separate library wing to the house, a dream for over 45 years, recently. Not practical. I stack the books in rows in the house, put them in boxes in the attic, and the 2 rented storage units, garage and shed. Maybe 30K+, the fruit of 60 years collecting, my children.

Picture me in a lawn chair in the back yard, smoking a pipe, and trying to get through the last of Marder, and moving on.
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That is a marvelous dream! I wish I could get back the books I sold when I needed cash
or books I donated because I was moving and didn’t have room in my new place, but I never came close to 30,000!!! I always dreamed of a private library too, but alas it will never come to pass!
 
Alas, the library was the dream, the books, stacks and lawn chair the reality.

And lots of shelves around the house, of course. Not enough, but lots.
 
Most of my books are boxed up now. I don’t remember what I still have. Hoping that will soon change.
 
Hope we can both get our books out of storage and within the walls where we live!
A new year’s resolution for 2018!
 
For me, physically impossible. I got to get more of them out of the house, into storage.
 
GKMotley said:
But the battleship fleet shown was obsolescent, and worse, after the Dreadnought revolution. BB-26 (SOUTH CAROLINA) was launched the year following the world tour, starting the growth of a modern battle fleet, not one of ships wet in any sort of sea-way. Secondary armament, placement of armor belts, also were less than acceptable. Hence it was a good cruise to see where we need to go next. SOUTH CAROLINA and DELAWARE were the next tentative steps, and by just before WWI we were off. Before that we were a nascent naval power. Spain was not much of an obstacle.

Naval development, particularly capital ships, from pre-dreadnought to the retiring of the IOWAs is a long time hobby of mine. Have not yet finished the 5th volume of Marder’s FROM DREADNOUGHT TO SCAPA FLOW, but I’ll get there.

Have a fair number of reading hobbies I never expected to see in this sort of venue. Like this sub-topic
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My comment is about the timeline.

It was not “after” WWI that the US became a powerful nation (only to fill a void left open by the death of the European empires). It was before WWI, and not just by default.
 
ComplineSanFran said:
The Archbishop does not decide arbitrarily, no. But the Church he leads does, and he has a right to act on that decision as Archbishop. Just as other Church leaders would do across Christendom.
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Still, no.

Even if the C of E were a Church in the proper sense, with Apostolic Succession and valid Sacraments, no Church can decide for itself what constitutes a valid Sacrament.

Not even the Successor of Peter can decide for himself what constitutes a valid Sacrament—whether we say he is acting on his own (meaning the office itself), or acting on behalf of the Church makes no difference. Can’t be done.
 
Well, mine are in temporary storage at my son’s and I am sure when the time comes for me to leave, he will not want me to leave them behind. You are lucky to have ample storage space outside the home!
 
Not sure if I am going to demur or not, since battleship wise, I said that just before WWI we were on our way.

. Can you explicate, a little?
 
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GKMotley said:
Not sure if I am going to demur or not. Can you explicate, a little?
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The earlier comment was the the US became a world power because the European empires fell apart (as a result of two wold wars).

My comment was the this was already happening before those wars; as opposed to after.
 
When I was very young and single, I attempted to start building a library (as in collection of books, not a true physical room). Now we have a toddler and very limited real estate… I can only use the highest shelves.
 
Ok. I wouldn’t die on that hill. Nascent means we were starting to grow, to feel our way and reach our potential. The fate of others, in our eventual class, left us, after the wars, basically alone. In WWI and certainly before, we were no naval super power. In WWII we were stupor mundi.

We became a world power because of our political system, our natural resources, and a drive and determination to be one. We were a major force in the world by early 20th century. A power, to be sure, by many standards, by WWII. Non pareil, before that conflict was past.

In the previous century, not so much.
 
I understand. But my child grew up with books. I only recall one case of one of mine being damaged by little hands, a loose spine on an elderly SF book ripped as it was being roughly extracted.

Now her library resembles mine. In fact, in many cases, it is mine…
 
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Ah. Her library. Her.
Without overly generalizing…I have very much a highly energetic “must take everything apart” little boy. There have been ripped pages. He’ll learn soon enough though…
 
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