Fast forward to today and the English monarch still retains Pope Leo's honorific, Fidei Defensor, FD; well kind of. King Charles III's broadened the title's definition to mean "protecting the space of Faith." Protecting the space of Faith.
There he is, the anointed King of England, crowned in Westminster Abbey, announcing to all the world that his protectorate extends not just to any one Faith or even all of them, but to the space in which they exist. What does this even mean?
Most obviously, that the King is a Space Protector and the icy vacuum of the interstellar void springs to mind. According to Charles, he's defending or protecting nothing, not Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or anything else, just empty space. Don't say vacuous. But of course we can put it another way, more bluntly.
He's an apostate traitor to the Faith he swore at his coronation to defend, the Christian Faith which is whole, complete and entire, the Catholic Faith given once for all by Christ, who is the way, the truth and the life. Not one way amongst many, the way. But the current monarch can't bring himself to come down on the side of this and what can we say? It's hard, right about now, to be a monarchist.
OK, salute the uniform not the man, don't be a Donatist, but please, can we not have a Christian ruler in the UK to lead and rally the faithful, to undo, even, the rapacious crime of the Tudor despot. Clearly not yet. We wait in hope.
Yours,
LSP
I predict the tiger will NOT eat him last as he hopes. He will live to see the horrendous error of his ways.
ReplyDeleteTime keeps on ticking, Anon.
DeleteDaniel 5 might not just be a one off.
ReplyDeleteYou praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. 24 Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 “This is the inscription that was written:
mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26 “Here is what these words mean:
Mene[e]: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 Tekel[f]: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28 Peres[g]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Most apt, Michael.
DeleteAh, the Tudors... hwawck-sptooooieee on all of them, even Elizabeth. How better England would have been under Richard III and his progeny. But, no, the French bought an English crown and then almost immediately deeply regretted it.
ReplyDeleteCharles the Turd? He gave an EID proclamation but no Easter Address as head of the Church of England.
Thankfully ancestors of mine told ancestors of the overall ruling class of Europe to go pee up a rope back 250ish years ago, so other than the occasional decent monarch (E2 being the high point) the whole monarchy thing can suck rotten goose eggs.
Hey, Chucky. My US citizenship makes me better than you! And our flag will dip to no earthly potentate (thanks to an American of Irish descent not wanting the US flag to dip to an English crown at an Olympics. No, really, true!)
What betrayal of the country, Beans.
DeleteAs we discussed, the UK has passed the tipping point. I'm not surprised to see KC3 embrace the caliphate. The cuckolded and disgraced redheaded grandson is living in the US with his negro wife, cut off. It's only a matter of time before the rest of the lords cut their losses and move to Martha's Vineyard.
ReplyDeleteImagine the scene at the Vineyard, LL. Appalling. Then there's Megyn Merkel. As I understand it, they're short of cash on account of her immense talent.
DeleteThat... is just pathetic...
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