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The Lords Spiritual of the CofE are members of the House of Lords, which is part of the UK parliament, and not an England-only house. Unlike the other nations,
by frobozz 10y ago
The Lords Spiritual of the CofE are members of the House of Lords, which is part of the UK parliament, and not an England-only house.
Unlike the other nations, England doesn't have any independent government, so it doesn't really make sense to say that the CofE is the established church of England alone, because there is no English establishment for it to be part of.
So, the CofE is the (only) established church in and of the of UK. The fact that The Kirk and The Church in Wales are not established just means that the only bishops that get to interfere with everyone else's business are from English bishoprics.
- arethuza 10y agoI can appreciate that argument about the Lords Spiritual - but I can't see how the C of E can be the established religion outside of England. NB Wikipedia would appear to agree with me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_religion
- frobozz 10y agoYou appear to be right, although it doesn't make sense (like a lot of things here, so it's not that much of a surprise). How can a nation without a government have an established religion?