The Coronation of King Charles on 6th May 2023 is in disarray, Christian Voice has learned. Lambeth Palace, home and office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Buckingham Palace are in dispute over the inclusion of other faiths. The row is the reason why, just over two weeks from the event, the order of service has not yet been published.
Christian Service
The king wants a selection of other faith leaders involved, chiefly a Muslim imam or two. The Archbishop is insisting that the coronation is a Christian service governed by the rules of the established church.
AnglicanInk reports: ‘Charles famously declared his wish to be “Defender of Faith” rather than simply “Defender of the Faith” nearly thirty years ago. It is expected that the Coronation will be more religiously and culturally diverse than the late Queen’s 1953 service. However, Church leaders are reportedly resisting a more active role for other faith leaders given that the event is Anglican in nature and a constitutional affair.’
Furthermore: ‘Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell have both stated that the Coronation “at its centre is a Christian service… rooted in long-standing tradition and Christian symbolism.” Archbishop Welby is reportedly giving the King “religious guidance” on the significance of his oath, the commitments he will make to his subjects, and the Christian symbolism of the regalia.’ All of that proclaims:
Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
If the king himself wants that blessing upon his nation he will not taint his coronation by including in it those who assert the supremacy of a pagan deity and/or deny the divinity of the King of kings.
Whose decision is it?
It is the Archbishop who is responsible for the Order of Service. Westminster Abbey is a “royal peculiar” because it is under the jurisdiction of the British monarch and not the Church of England. Nevertheless, it remains an Anglican church, with a Church of England dean in charge.
The Abbey is subject to the canon laws of the Church of England. Canon law bars Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, and other faith leaders from reading prayers during the service. In that regard canon law follows the prophecy of Isaiah:
Isa 42:8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. (‘The Lord’ is the KJV translation of the actual name of God: YHWH)
Apparently, a meeting was held at Lambeth Palace last month. Reports said ‘The drafting of the order of service was conducted with “scrupulous regard” for the opinions of Anglican clergy’, whatever that means.
The aim was to publish the Order of Service “before Easter, with suitable guidance for the clergy.” What does that mean? Statements were issued by Lambeth Palace on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Buckingham Palace, saying that “Details about the Coronation service will be released in due course.”
Shambles
But the delay is beginning to look embarrassing. the Bible says:
1Cor 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
Officials published the order of service for the coronation of HLM Queen Elizabeth II, which was held on 3rd June 1953, almost four months in advance, in February of that year.
Here we are, barely two weeks away from a national event of huge significance, and the king’s determination to be inclusive and identitarian has put a massive spanner in the works.
Right now, scaffolders are erecting staging outside Westminster Abbey so people, presumably a select few, can have a view of the king’s procession. Yet he cannot humble himself to agree how the service itself will be constructed.
On a separate note, the Daily Telegraph reports how the red and ermine robes of the nobility coupled with coronets denoting their rank made the late queen’s coronation such a spectacle. However, they have been forbidden to wear them this time around. Only a handful have been invited in any case. They are expected to turn up in lounge suits.
His majesty, whether advised by his ministers or not, appears to be developing the knack of offending everyone at once. There appears not to be an applecart which should not be upset, contrary to scripture, which urges respect for the past:
Prov 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Communion service
As the Palace website goes so far as to say: ‘The Coronation is a solemn religious service, as well as an occasion for celebration and pageantry.’ Why did the Palace put ‘religious’ rather than‘Christian’?
Westminster Abbey tells it as it is: ‘The order of service is a reminder that coronations take place within a Communion service or Eucharist. The monarch is crowned in the name of God, surrounded by prayer, and the first thing that the newly-crowned monarch does is receive Holy Communion as a sign of his dependency on God.’
The ceremony is built on scripture. The anointing follows Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointing Solomon, as George Handel’s great anthem, ‘Zadok the Priest’, proclaims:
1Kings 1:39 And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
The covenant between God, the Archbishop, the king and the people is based on Jehoiada’s consecration of Joash (the whole dramatic chapter is worth a read.)
2Kings 11:17 And Jehoiada (the high priest) made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’S people; between the king also and the people. (cf 2Chron 23:16)
Does the king understand his role?
We have raised before the question of whether the king even understands his role is to serve the people, as the Bible directs:
1Kings 12:7 And they spake unto him (Rehoboam), saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
Read our previous articles:
We reveal in the first of those articles that His Majesty seems more keen on being a servant to Klaus Schwab and the elites of the World Economic Forum. He appears in his book ‘Harmony’ to make a goddess out of ‘Nature’, which word he always spells with a capital ‘N’.
He fails to stand up for his people against the paganism of the Net Zero fanatics. On top of that, As the Royal website itself displays, the formal invitations to the Coronation prominently feature, almost as a foundation, the mythical ‘Green Man’, the pagan representation of fertility. Away from the historic coats of arms, in the design itself there is not a cross in sight.
Historic UK reports how stonemasons used to sneak in a representation of the ‘green man’ on ancient churches: ‘Pre-Christian pagan traditions and superstitions, particularly those related to nature and tree worship, were still influential in the early Middle Ages.’
A writer on Wikipedia is even more explicit: ‘For many modern pagans, the Green Man is used as a symbol of seasonal renewal and ecological awareness. In Wicca, the Green Man has often been used as a representation of the Horned God, a syncretic deity that incorporates aspects of, among others, the Celtic Cernunnos and the Greek Pan.’
Pray!
The row over the order of service is revealing a lot of rather uncomfortable views held by king Charles. It is our prophetic duty to call on him to repent. As scripture says:
Prov 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
In the face of all this, we must fall to our knees in prayer for him, as scripture commands:
1Tim 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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The answer should be simple. If he cannot agree with the order of service, he should not be crowned!
“There is not a cross in sight.”
There are at dozens of crosses clearly visible on the crowns, chains, shields of the coats of arms.
Thanks Jack, we’ll make that clear. But it just shows the disconnect between the king’s neopaganism and our Christian heritage.
It is a shame that King Charles has failed to realise that the only reason he can be a defender of each of his subjects’ right to choose and follow their own faith, and for those faiths to be practised in territories of which he is king, is that the monarch is established according to the one faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. If it were dependent on another faith then some of those would exert oppression on those rights of self-determination and practise of faith, just as we see such oppression in some other nations.
There are just a few instances where people have to make a choice; each of us must choose Christ or not during our earthly life. King Charles must choose to be a good king or a bad king as he approaches his coronation. We pray that he will choose Christ and be a good king, in his mother’s stead. He must overcome some of the unfortunate tragedies and traumas that have affected his life, including bereavement, duplicity and divorce, each of which eats away at the soul. Overcoming those and finding the deep healing of Christ would usually be reason for extended prayer ministry and counselling but King Charles does not have two years to work through them; two weeks will have to do!
We may also pray that the nature and power of the anointing will become clear to King Charles when it happens, that he may receive revelation from the Lord. Once he is crowned he will be “The Lord’s Anointed” and will deserve respect in that post, regardless of our assessment of his personal views against scripture. Even Nathan had to respect David as such, using a subtle way to bring him to the realisation of the truth about his error with Uriah and Bathsheba.
Just as a shofar is blown to announce the arrival of King Jesus, so anointing from it is the anointing of King Jesus, so may King Jesus arrive in power in the life of King Charles!
That’s very gracious.
The answer is simple, Stephen….no king or monarchy, no coronation and no problem. I fully recognise and respect that you apparently support the monarchy for whatever reasons you might have, but being a follower of Jesus certainly does not mean that one has to buy into a particular political system let alone one which is exclusive, inherently discriminatory and indeed damaging to the one who is head of state purely by reason of whoever is parents are. There are many Christians who hold republican views and base this on a reading of scripture which one might say is more consistent with the teachings of Jesus rather than a Christendom worldview rooted in Constantine. Part of the problem here is that the Church of England is a state church founded on the desire of Henry VIII to have his adulterous and wicked way with Anne Boleyn (hardly a good foundation to begin with). As the head of the state church (Jesus excluded), Charles is supposed to uphold values that he might not agree with. If he were not kind, he would not have such a crisis of belief would he, and you might be much happier to see someone who actually has a living faith in the post however long it lasts. Blessings, brother…… 🙂
Ah, but then a host of new problems. The Christian heritage of these lands goes back now almost two thousand years. We trace the coronation, including the anointing of our monarch, to 973AD, when Archbishop Dunstan anointed and crowned Edgar in Bath Abbey. Then we see Alfred the Great in the century before, basing his laws on the Bible, and Ethelbert of Kent in the 7th century. Before him, the faith was held by the Welsh Celtic kings such as Brychan, who is in the news (or at least his beacons are) right now. Ancient landmarks and all that.
Prov 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: (!) Bless you too!
The king is the one given to change! But if he is the supreme governor Dr Welby should do as he says. The 1953 coronation was a piece of hypocrisy as this one will be. The constitution says the king must take the advice of his ministers (so we are led to believe). How can he do that and keep his oath? Our island history has left us in a mess which only God can sort out.
King Charles is not a Christian (He does not believe Christ is THE way) nor does the Queen. We need to pray for their Salvation and the Lords forgiveness of their sins including adultery,
Yet is the archbishop willing to lay hands on and anoint with Holy oil knowingly of a non believer king to become the head of the CofE?
This coronation should require changes in UK law, to be lawful.
Dear Stephen Greene,
Well, I think it’s actually very funny! The poor king.
But, seriously, Israel demanded a king as all the pagan nations had one each and God, Who is Generosity itself, granted it to us and so, here we are and what a fine mess it is!
We have always been in one mess or another since the Fall of Man but surely, with all these high-level brains, they can realise that the coronation of their majesties king Henry and Queen Katherine in 1509 in June, the month when a coronation should be held, not May which is our Lady’s month (Mary and May are the same name) June is the month of our Lord, His Sacred Heart and even Father’s Day follows that….I have been reading the holy Mass said for the coronation of King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine of Aragon and it was almost the last and final time we had a High Mass for the coronation of a king and his queen as the very last one was of king James II and Queen Mary of Modena.
I am Catholic but I once saw the Green Man for a long time in our holly tree and I knew I’d never see him again. I know not how or why, but I looked for several minutes as I knew I’d never see him again. But it has no importance to me because I want to love Almighty God with all my heart and all my mind and all my strength so help me God Amen