Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
Henry VIII
It was: Henry the VIII
The head of the Church of England is the current English monarch.
Henry VIII.
Henry VIII
The oficial English religion is The Church of England and its leader is the Monarch of Britain.
The "wand-like" object used during the Queen's coronation is called a scepter ("sceptre" in British English). In Britain, there are two scepters used for coronations: the Scepter with the Cross and the Scepter with the Dove. The Scepter with the Cross represents the Monarch's temporal authority over affairs of state and government. The Scepter with the Dove represents the Monarch's spiritual authority over the Church of England. The scepters are rarely, if ever, used outside of coronations. Nearly identical scepters are used for the coronation of the Monarch's Consort (the Queen-Consort or the Prince-Consort, currently Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh).
Henry built the church of England after he divorced Catherine. the church of England was for protestants, so Henry built it so he could marry anne Boleyn. Henry position within the Anglican Church was that of First layman! He was chief magistrate and his job was to see that the law was carried out! The Church was not above the Law and personally, I don't think it ever should be so! But, the Catholic Church saw the King through the eyes of Scripture and Tradition, they saw the monarch as God's anointed and this was re-enforced , intentionally by the monarch's coronation. But the relationship which held between every European Monarch and his subjects, [this includes the Pope as erstwhile monarch in Northern Italy. [800/1870.] was fraught with danger .It was a constant struggle. The English Church knew it was over looked by Henry in his Chief Magistrate 's part, but they tied him down with a caveat, "as far as the law of Christ allows".
While it is not entirely the case, Henry VIII is often credited with founding or establishing the Church of England for having in 1534 wrested control of the Church away from the Pope in Rome.
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.