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struggle4progress

(118,278 posts) Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:10 PM Sep 2017

VA Church named after Lee now has a new name

(WSLS) — A Lexington .. church .. has a new name.

After more than two years of debate, the church vestry voted Monday night to remove Robert E. Lee from its name and restore it .. to .. Grace Episcopal Church.

“To see folks so divided over our name and what our name means has been very difficult,” Grace Episcopal Church Program Director Sharon Massie said ...

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2017/09/20/virginia-church-named-confederate-general-robert-e-lee-now-new-name/

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VA Church named after Lee now has a new name (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2017 OP

I can't imagine naming a church after a person, other than Ilsa Sep 2017 #1

I can't think of any church of any denomination that's named after a person The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #3

Why would someone name a church after a General? blueinredohio Sep 2017 #2

I agree. "Grace is a lovely word". The Wielding Truth Sep 2017 #4

Glad to hear it. (nt) Paladin Sep 2017 #5

Ilsa

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1. I can't imagine naming a church after a person, other than

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:13 PM

Sep 2017

the saints, like Bartholomew or Mary.

Robert E Lee Episcopal Church? Didn't it feel wrong from the beginning?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)

3. I can't think of any church of any denomination that's named after a person

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:23 PM

Sep 2017

who wasn't a religious figure of some kind. Most of them are named after Jesus, Mary, the Trinity, saints (if Catholic, Lutheran or Episcopal), places, or religious occasions like Ascension. Seems pretty weird in the first instance to name any church after any general.