British King Charles III planned to hold a coronation ceremony with more active participation of representatives of non-Christian denominations, which caused a conflict with the Anglican Church, which saw this as a violation of centuries-old tradition. It is reported by RBC with reference to The Daily Mail.
Church sources told the paper that tradition prevents Hindu, Jewish and Muslim spiritual leaders from saying prayers at coronations. According to one of the interlocutors, the participation of leaders of non-Christian denominations should be limited to their presence and participation in the procession.
Contradictions between the king and the Church will not cause a delay in the coronation. According to the publication, the coronation of Charles III will be “more religious” than the ceremony of accession to the throne of his mother, Elizabeth II, sources at Buckingham Palace said.
The Daily Mail recalled that the 1688 Bill of Rights obliges the king, as supreme ruler of the Church of England, to declare at the coronation or at the first opening of Parliament that he is a “faithful Protestant” and “will secure the Protestant succession.” In addition, the Coronation Oath Act requires the King to promise that he will support the Anglican Protestant Church.
Since Henry VIII, British kings have called themselves “defenders of the Faith”, and Charles III at the end of the last century mentioned that he would like to be called “defenders of faith” (defender of faith). “The Church is obliged to protect the freedom of religion of all confessions in this country,” he emphasized. Elizabeth II said that the role of the monarch is not to protect Anglicanism, to the exclusion of other religions, recalled Charles III.
The coronation of Charles III will take place in a month, on May 6, in Westminster Abbey. The service will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Source: Rosbalt
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