British rabbi: Millennium should be Christian party
by LONDON (JTA) -- Britain's official millennium celebrations should be marked with Christian prayers, according to the nation's ch, Citing the religious nature of the millennium, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said Tuesday that it is by definition a Christian celebratio
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Sacks made his comments when he delivered the first City Lecture, an event sponsored by the lord mayor of London and the dean of St. Paul's Cathedral.
"The millennium is a Christian time in a country where Christianity has not merely shaped our common culture and morality," he said. "It has helped those of us who are not Christians feel that our faith has a voice in the conversation, a part to play in the building of society.
"That is why I would feel diminished if the millennium were not a time of Christian prayer and celebration."
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