Opinion
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The role of Christianity in British coronations
Christianity is hard-wired into the history and practice of the British monarchy and its coronations, explains historian Martyn Whittock.
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Full text of the Archbishop of Canterbury's sermon for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Read the full text of Archbishop Justin Welby's sermon for the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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The Queen's death marks the end of an age
As this part of our long story ends, the prevailing note is simple gratitude for what we have been given.
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The Queen's funeral, a short sermon, and a lesson for all sharing faith in public life
Like many of us, I prayed that Justin Welby would use his sermon to preach the gospel â and I feel hugely encouraged by a prayer answered.
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Scottish politician disciplined for speaking against abortion
The case of John Mason MSP is a chilling indication of how Orwellian and authoritarian the SNP, and thus the Scottish government, have become.
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God save the King
If King Charles means what he says in his oath to act as Defender of the Faith, he may find that he places himself in both the spiritual and political firing line in the culture wars.
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Are we grieving for more than the Queen?
The Queen's funeral may well prompt a further outpouring of sadness, as men and women connect with their own grief â perhaps going back decades â as well as mourning Queen Elizabeth.
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Mourning the loss of our Queen and all that she embodied
The mourning that will accompany the Queen's passing will be a grief not only for a remarkable woman, a treasured mother, a dignified grandmother and a much-loved Queen, it will also include a sorrow for the passing of a Christianised culture whose deepest and most noble virtues she represented and embodied, writes her former Chaplain, Gavin Ashenden.
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Celebrating the Queen's life with five ways her faith inspired me
As we take time to mourn our loss together, whatever our feelings about the monarchy, let's acknowledge that the Queen was a solid, faithful figure, always there â most of us haven't known a time when she wasn't on the throne.
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A Supreme Governor who let her bishops manage the Church's affairs
But in recent years she had spoken openly about her faith, explaining how it provided the framework of her life.
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Elizabeth II, Charles III and a higher throne
Isaiah 6 has some helpful verses as we process the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the succession of a new king.
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Britain's Christians will miss their faithful Queen
The death of the Queen is being felt profoundly by a nation that has been under her reign since 1952, but Christians will be mourning the additional loss of a monarch who so often spoke with warmth and gentle humility about her own personal faith.