{"id":1618,"date":"2021-08-13T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=1618"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:49:37","slug":"street-preachers-keep-being-arrested-more-must-be-done-to-protect-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/commentary\/street-preachers-keep-being-arrested-more-must-be-done-to-protect-free","title":{"rendered":"Street preachers keep being arrested. More must be done to protect free"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00ab\u00a0‘Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.’<\/p>

It\u2019s a quote popularly attributed to St Francis of Assisi and typically used to signify that speech is a less preferable communicative tool to the Christian than acting out one\u2019s beliefs through deeds.<\/p>

Except the quote is, in fact, misquoted.<\/p>

In reality, St Francis encouraged friars not to preach anything contrary to the teachings of the Church and also to \u201cpreach by their deeds\u201d – to make sure that their actions matched their speech. The instruction was not to remain silent; not to build a needless dichotomy between the two outward expressions of faith.<\/p>

Of course, if Christians don\u2019t live by their own words, hypocrisy sorely undermines the truth of their message. But the call to speak, and speak out, is central to Christian living. From cover to cover of the Bible, the direction is inescapable. The command \u201cproclaim\u201d is featured over thirty times in the gospels alone. The audience? \u201cEvery nation and tribe and language and people.\u201d To practice the Christian faith is to be a Christian in public. No lights hidden under bushels,\u00a0\u00bb writes Lois McLatchie in Premier. read the full article here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Christians are finding themselves in trouble with the law for using allegedly \u201cthreatening or abusive\u201d language. The police are too quick to penalise the speech complained of, rather than consider what rights the accused has to speak freely in public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[64,237,86,27,67],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-lois-mclatchie","tag-protect-free-speech","tag-religious-freedom","tag-uk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStreet preachers keep being arrested. 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