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A Field Guide to the English Clergy: A Compendium of Diverse Eccentrics, Pirates, Prelates and Adventurers; All Anglican, Some Even Practising

Judge not, lest ye be judged. This timeless wisdom has guided the Anglican Church for hundreds of years, fostering a certain tolerance of eccentricity among its members.Good thing, too.The `Mermaid of Morwenstow` excommunicated a cat for mousing on a Sunday. When he was late for a service, Bishop Lancelot Fleming commandeered a Navy helicopter. `Mad Jack` swapped his surplice for a leopard skin and insisted on being carried around in a coffin. And then there was the man who, like Noah`s evil twin, tried to eat one of each of God`s creatures…In spite of all this they saw the church as their true calling. After all, who cares if you`re wearing red high heels when there are souls to be saved?