Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-12-04
OTHERS VIEWS
THE KINGS REPLY.

privately circulated magazine,
Inc Week is reported by Associated
Press as stating
The Archbishop OF Canterburu
threatened to refuse the king com
munlon OF the church if the king an
nounced his intention to marry his
friend, Mrs. Simpson" The maeazine
aoded parenthetically that "all Of
LONDON is quoting the kings classic
reply to the archbishop: please ra-
member l am head of your organiza-
ton"
Perhaps no prime minister nor 9TH
er subordinate of the kingdom would
nave dared to so rub in" the situa-
tlon as the king himself did in this
statement. That is the sorriest aspect
OF the whole thing: that a king. with
the title of Henry the Eighth's Cath
one days, Defensor Fidei defender of
the FaithD embossed on his crown
and being himself the head of the
Church of England, should so utterly
and grossly set at naught the WEIGH.
tlest moral teaching of Christ who
soeVer snail put away his wife. ex-
ceptlng for the cause of fornication
maketh her to commit adultery: and
he that shall marry her that is put
away, committeth aduletry."
mo particular man." says a learned
Jesuit writer has been divinelv do
slsnated by God to be President En-
porer, Duce or Fuehrer of this or anv
other country. The doctrine of the Di-
vine right of rulers, fanciful in its
inception, has long since been blasted.
Men choose their rulers by mutual
consent; these rulers act with the AL
thorlty OF Cod" And this authority of
God ends with their oversteppinc the
commandments of God or the powers
invested IN them by the people ruled.
What utter confusion must fill the
minds OF His Majesty's sincere Church
CT England subjects? We most sincere
~ pity them. Henry the Eighth was
given the title of Defender of The
Faith. by the Pope, because of Henrv,s
DOCK defending the seven Sacramerts
of the Catholic Church against the
destructive attacks of the fallen Faith
er Martln Luther. The title evidently
pleased Henry, and it was forthwith
inscribed on his crown. This occurred
whlle Henry the Eighth was a faith
1ul Roman Catholic ruler. Then came
ms own separation from the Mother
Church-and the absurdit of the title
since is a sorry joke. The British
crown has been, officially at least the
defender of a sectarian (cut Off
Church.
Other Catholic-day customs are still
continued in the coronation cere-
| monies. (See Literary Digest. Deem
Der fifth.) Besides the crown the
new ruler receives the Kings Orb
1hls symbol is placed in his hands
with the words: when you see this
orb, set under the Cross. remember
the whole world is subject to the DOW
er and empire of Christ our Redeem
er. Far from submitting to the head
snip OF the mother church, to which
this refers, he is threatening to ig-
more the commonest morals of all de-
cent folk. We hope for his and her
happiness that he will discontinue
the courtship.
Too, there is the jeweled sword of
state. The King personally places it
/ On the altar, symbolizing the placing
OF ms military power in the hands of
the church" We only ask, have the
HiiSS' S1HNc, consulted the ChurCh of
God concerning the ethics of their
| proposed wars?
Other absurdities there are aplentv.
| The coronation is to be held in West
minister Abbey. How did the Church
| CT England ever obtain it's title and
| ownership from the Roman Catholic
Church? And the king is free to marry
into any religious denomination ex-
cept the Roman Catholic The Roman
Church certainly is entitled to chuckle
over this legislation-in his case. But.
| whoever the bride, we hope she won't
&c mean enough to ask him the orr
gin of his title, Defender of the Faith.
1t would create embarrassment. and
this embarrassment is one cause WHY
England is leading the world in it's
! procession of converts to Catholicism
| REV. LEO. c.. DOETTERL
December 8, 1886.