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I am pleased to introduce a new 17 Questions: Seán Manchester is an author, apostle, exorcist and demonologist. He’s also a central figure in one of the most fascinating and controversial mysteries of our time, the Highgate Vampire. Did an ancient vampire terrorise North London? Does it still?

http://andrewgough.co.uk/17q_manchester.html

Andrew

Author? Undoubtedly. He writes very well, spins a great yarn and keeps the reader entertained. The blurring of fact and fantasy is something else altogether...

Apostle? Of whom, his own ego?

Exorcist? Well funk me, Jesus.

Demonologist? 'Superhuman beings who are not gods' can be good or bad. It depends what you consider as being human... or even sub human really. Spiritual snobbery!

Awesome Andrew

Thanks guys.

You may have noticed that David Farrant joined the forum this week. Hopefully we will hear from him, as he is a wealth of information on the Highgate Vampire saga...

Cheers,

Andrew

I agree, the Highgate Vampire is a superb read....

I'd say that Manchester's writing is enthralling and reads very well. But has little relevance to the real world.

Farrant's writing is less fantastic, and at times a little vague... but he recounts events in an unsensational way that in the long run gives him the credibility.

Interesting...Have you read Farrant's 'In the Shadow of the Highgate Vampire'?

I really enjoyed it.

Andrew

It is surprising that anyone should need to ask.

I am unashamedly an Apostle of Jesus Christ, ordained and consecrated as such with an historic continuity via lines of succession reaching back two millennia to the first Apostles.

Attack me if you really must, but not my episcopal office which is canonically beyond dispute and an integral part of my Faith.

I know we haven't been introduced but Heavens..how big a cross does an Apostle of Christ need to wear these days........do you doubt your convictions, that you need to shout so loudly your faith and wear loud religious paraphanalia ...or am i missing something here?

I am unaware of where any shouting is in evidence or how my sober, albeit traditional, attire is loud, and I can assure the person making these unwarranted remarks that I do not lack conviction.

If Sheila took the trouble to actually examine the pectoral crosses worn by other bishops, regardless of denomination, she would soon discover that my own is quite modest by comparison.

welcome to Arcadia Sean or should i say reverend, if i was you i would change that soft cap for a hard hat because by the time this night is out your head will be well and truly battered
Dont worry though....most peoples bark is worse than there bite and i am sure you will become as thick skinned as the rest of us in due time

maybe i should apologise for seeming rude but i do find the entire get-up very ostentatious and a bit too "Churchianity" to be taken seriously.

In which case, you cannot take any holder of a sacerdotal office seriously because, compared to most, I am attired most conservatively in the picture to which you refer.

I wonder if folk would be quite so quick to mock if I were a Jew or a Muslim, or indeed anything other than a Christian?

That soft cap is not at all soft and is called a biretta. Such is worn by traditionalist priests and bishops.

I find the metaphor accompanying my welcome somewhat curious. Others do not appear to get told that their head will be well and truly battered before the night is out.

Why am I to be singled out for such remarkable hospitality?

Incidentally, the correct form of address is Bishop.

....and did the Christ send out his Apostles wearing large crosses and attired in Burgandy/scarlet/purple?

edited to say ....oops sorry...it's Amaranth isn't it.

oops i seem to have offended you....sorry Bishop
Actually i was just joking with ya but if you are gonna take offence that easily then this is not going to be a good place for you. As you will notice we talk a lot about religeon and the truth about christianity etc so you will no doubt be bombarded about your views in this and of course there is the vampire thing as well.
As for your comment about muslims or jews....it matters not to me because IMHO its all a load of tosh.

talking of Apostles...here's old stumpy finger's...which is a portrait me n' Tingra find very interesting



and here's an Apostle from central France which is equally fascinating...

Welcome David. Welcome Bishop Manchester.

I was interested in the symbols/talismans take that you have David. My friend and I accidently had an incident with a "well known design" since then power of sacred designs/geometry has always fascinated me, especially such simple designs having the ability to affect physical reality.

As I stated in my earliest comment on here, attack me if that is what you feel compelled to do, but not my office.

Discussing religious truth and in particular Christianity surely should not invite insult, derision and ridicule? Assaults of this kind are what one might expect from the intellectually retarded, but not from those whose views are worth hearing. Postulating that all religious belief is a load of tosh therefore suggests to me that your opinion carries little weight.

Warning me that my taking offence makes this not a good place for me is countered by my telling you that courtesy costs nothing.

As I stated in my earliest comment on here, attack me if that is what you feel compelled to do, but not my office.

I am not attacking you or your “office” !!! I was joking with you and I meant no offence.

Discussing religious truth and in particular Christianity surely should not invite insult, derision and ridicule? Assaults of this kind are what one might expect from the intellectually retarded, but not from those whose views are worth hearing. Postulating that all religious belief is a load of tosh therefore suggests to me that your opinion carries little weight.

Intellectually retarded!!!! Well thanks for that Bishop…..now who is throwing insults???
I must say you are very argumentative and are obviously on the defensive before you have taken part in any constructive conversation. Its my opinion that all religion is based on lies and legends and pagan beliefs and Mary was not a virgin and jesus was not resurrected but that’s just my opinion and I am entitled to that opinion.

Warning me that my taking offence makes this not a good place for me is countered by my telling you that courtesy costs nothing.

Same back at ya…practice what you preach and lighten up a bit and you might enjoy it

OK What do you think of Glastonbury? Since your picture was taken there.

Does the book include anything on Highgate Cemetary's most famous inmate and the accusations he received?

Bishop,
If you've spent any time reading these boards then it may well have occured to you that pomposity tends to elicit a certain type of response from the inhabitants!

Whilst you may consider that it is are all rather 'infra-dig', demanding or insisting upon correct forms of address may provoke what you may come to see as a wearisome and tedious antagonism in some quarters.

Just a thought.
TD