I still maintain that you cannot be loyal. By law the king is head of the Anglican Church, a law you must ignore.

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022

Catholics are perfectly loyal to the Protestant king. They admit that he is head of the Anglican Church as the law declares. Since by law he is head of that Church, every Catholic says, “Right. Then he is head of the Anglican Church.” And loyalty demands no more. It certainly does not demand that I accept the Church of which he is the head. In religious matters my loyalty is concerned with God. In earthly matters I respect the laws of my nation. That law does not say, “And every citizen must belong to the Anglican Church.” If it did, it would be an unjust law, at variance with God’s laws, and not binding in conscience.

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