The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie Breaks Down Christianity in TV & Film

[@GreatistheWorld]

You guys should absolutely have him on again, this is great

[@meltz87]

That was fun! I hope Reverend Fergus does another one, I like his manner.

[@nevem5010]

Today I learned that even joining the church doesn't get you out of awful ice-breaking exercises 😔. Really fun video, and very interesting; thank you!

[@curiousworld7912]

Thank you, Rev. Butler-Gallie and Penguin Books. :) This was fun. I enjoy hearing (reasonably sane) ministers, priests - what have you - talk of their experiences with the laity, as well as depictions of clergy in film and TV (which this was - at least, more so than depictions of Christianity, itself). This was a nice break in the day. :)

[@MsAussieSheila]

As a Catholic, I 100% laughed at "apart from drink". Disagree with my Anglican brethren on a lot of stuff, but we got the drink in common. Interesting he says confessional boxes are odd. I'm 40. I've only once had a confession outside of a confession box. It's absolutely the norm and what I would expect as a catholic. Interesting our Anglican brethren are different. Interesting about the statues too.

[@pmc8451]

Anglicans and protestants in general don’t confess to priests. They confess directly to god. Anglicanism is a bit of a mish mash of protestant and catholic practices so when he says “High Church” he means Anglicans whose practice is closer to Catholicism, “Low Church” would be closer to Puritanism, Quakerism, Calvinism etc. I’ve certainly never seen a confession box in any CoE church or ever heard of an Anglican taking confession.

[@stephenwinter5958]

Hopefully this video is shared with the Archbishop of Canterbury as he continues his education in media studies.

[@nickinportland]

This is funny, I grew up catholic but never really thought much about the other religious groups. We are all on the same team right?

[@ZombiZohm]

I think we all have the same general end goal, but different teams think there are different ways to get there

[@MsAussieSheila]

I'm a practicing Catholic and I found it fascinating some of the things he said. Never occured to me people don't generally do confession in confessionals. I'm 40 (catholic 11 years). I've had one confession outside a confessional, and I've had many years I've gone weekly. The statue thing... I figured the Anglicans had statues. Thinking about it, makes sense the low Anglicans not so much (Raised protestant = no statues) but had never clicked. Very interesting. 100% laughed at the drink comment though. Yep. Now I need to go listen to ABBA. It's my Catholic duty. (while I drink my wine)

[@EuropeanQoheleth]

1:50 When he was hearing nuns confessions he said.

[@moonlily1]

He should have looked at Midnight Mass.

[@sirchadiusmaximusiii]

Good choice Penguin the world needs more of this. 👏

[@ruthharding4594]

I'm very disappointed this didn't include Father Ted and This Country.

[@kg3185]

haha, I think that I might be the Colin! haha

[@hughthompson6781]

Putting your feelings on a wall of felt. Well it would be, wouldn't it? Your sacrifice is inspirational at this Eastertide, you have suffered so we don't have to. Deo Gratias!

[@marcmeinzer8859]

I’m currently reading your book A Field Guide to the English Clergy which I intend to donate to the Anglican Benedictines in Michigan who belong to the Episcopal Church. With regards to the perennial question of “churchmanship” it really needs to be pointed out that the Church of England, as well as the Episcopal Church USA, are neither Protestant or Roman Catholic but rather Anglican. This may sound kind of literalistic but the Anglicans are definitely neither protestant or catholic. This is why so many Anglicans find it necessary to convert to Catholicism or quite often Methodism, as indeed, if one is Protestant they won’t like the CofE and the same applies to those with truly Catholic leanings. Others of course find it necessary to become Eastern Orthodox or even Buddhist. Lumping all of the protestant churches into one group is misdirected. So also is it misdirected to assign a sort of false Catholicity to Anglicans by calling them Anglo-Catholics.

[@ryanchristophergavan80]

I don’t think having an English Protestant comment on sectarian issues in NI is particularly useful or responsible.

[@prozombie6768]

The fact you guys didn’t do Vikings tv show is a travesty

[@varoojsafarlou8021]

Hi dear, Sir the BIG discovery you made is out of realty of Christianity. Actually you don't know pure Christianity at all unfortunately! You have to do deeper research!!!

[@M-_-O]

I’m sure he’s aware that “touching cloth” is a euphemism for a desperate need to void one’s bowels. So maybe I expected this video to be a bit funnier. Not bad anyway, I think the next react video he does will be looser.

[@JohnHausser]

Good idea but I’m not sure about this “expert” tho 🥴 Cheers from San Diego California 🇺🇸

[@mariajo17]

I came to be mildly entertained and was vastly disappointed. Why do priests take things so seriously? Not a funny bone in that man's body.

[@rosinabartlett188]

You should read his book! I found it hilarious, with serious moments, but also lots of less serious ones.

[@georgina3358]

I was mildly entertained. I wasn't expecting Fergus to be particularly funny, why should he be? And I found out about the series Rev, which looked good

[@ZombiZohm]

Reverend Fergus breaking down Christianity in films that's hilarious. Couldn't they have actually gotten a Christian instead of a Catholic or whatever he is

[@ZombiZohm]

Okay now that I've seen the video I get it. None of these clips had anything to do with Christianity so it makes sense for a Reverend to comment on them

[@CFinch360]

Excuse me? He's from the Church of England, they are not Catholic or maybe you never heard of Henry VIII LOL

[@hughthompson6781]

Putting your feelings on a wall of felt. Well it would be, wouldn't it? Your sacrifice is inspirational at this Eastertide, you have suffered so we don't have to. Deo Gratias!