No. The monarch is a head of the church, but is not able to carry out services and the monarch or government are not employers of the members of the Church of England.
The Church of England allows for the ordination of gay priests as long as they are celibate.
Yes, since 1994, women can be ordained as priests in the CofE. The church is slowly moving towards allowing women to be bishops. The church had to be specifically excluded from sex descrimination legislation to allow such practises to continue.
Henry VIII. He wanted to control the Church and the government.
king declared himself head of the Church of England.
monasteries, Priests, church - were all very important parts of religion.
Politicians and Priests
The unifying force in the Byzantine empire was the church . In the church the priests were the hiqhest class & this was also true in their society. The peasants were their worshippers. The church was a way to get the lower class to follow the government by connecting it to the leader . Social classes in church apply to the government .
because the government was bast on the Church
the puritian church.
The Russian Orthodox Church does not ordain priests.
In the Catholic Church, priests are celibate, therefore this question does not apply to the Catholic Church.
No. Same-sex marriage will be legal in England on March 29, 2014. However, there is a "line of separation" between church and state in the UK. Government officials will be forced to follow the law and marry gays but priests and clergy man are under no obligation to marry gay couples.