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Old 05-04-2006, 03:49 PM
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Prince Charles unveils goat-hair tent at London inter-faith venue
Prince Charles unveileda goat-hair bedouin tent from Saudi Arabia that will serve as a venue for dialogue between peoples of different religions in London Thursday
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is accompanied by Princess Badiya of Jordan, the Bishop of London and Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sachs, attends the opening of 'The Tent', an interfaith meeting space at the Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace on May 4, 2006 in London, England

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Future King's faith role queried
BBC NEWS | UK | Faith call for Charles coronation


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Yet another update.

Charles wants multi-faith coronation service

Prince Charles wants to be crowned King in a multi-faith coronation service in a dramatic break with tradition, it is claimed.

Charles wants multi-faith coronation service | Mail Online

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I think that Charles is a little presumptuous in wanting to be "defender of all faiths" as it assumes that people of whatever faiths he is alluding to are happy for him to defend their beliefs. The second most widely practiced religion in the UK is, I think, Catholicism, whose leader is of course is the Pope. Can one assume that the Pope would be happy for the Head of the Church of England to declare himself to be a defender of Catholicism?
It seems, to me, a little hypocritical to have what is a protestant Christian ceremony in a Christian church (Westminster Abbey) and then somehow tag on abit about defending other faiths! If he's serious about it, then I would have thought he would need to have several coronation ceremonies held at the various venues where other religions in the UK are practiced or have a multi-faith or (heavens forbid) a secular coronation in Westminster Hall.
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Charles didn't say 'Defender of ALL faiths'.

He said 'Defender of faith'.

A difference there.

He wants to ensure that all his subjects have an equal right to faith whereas at the moment those of faiths other than Anglican don't have a protector in the monarch.

As an Anglican I have no problem with a multi-faith aspect to the coronation if that means that a Jewish rabbi, an Islamic Iman, a RC priest, a Buddhist priest etc are able to say a prayer as part of the ceremony but the actually crowning has to be in the Anglican form.

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I see it as a solution to the problem of a multi faith country, I also hope he can find a way to include those that do not follow the 'faith' based systems.
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I see it as a solution to the problem of a multi faith country, I also hope he can find a way to include those that do not follow the 'faith' based systems.

I actually thinks that what he wants with the idea of 'Defender of Faith' but it needs to be finetuned to something like 'Defender of everyone's right to believe or not believe as they see fit'
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Thanks for the correction, Iluvbertie - it's not unlike me to say something without doing the research properly!
Being Defender of THE Faith obviously alludes to the Anglican faith, whilst being Defender OF Faith could allude to anything that requires one to have faith in it and so I now actually think that just about covers all possible belief systems, religious or not.
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Being Defender of THE Faith obviously alludes to the Anglican faith, whilst being Defender OF Faith could allude to anything that requires one to have faith in it and so I now actually think that just about covers all possible belief systems, religious or not.
Defender of Faith would rule out Pagans, Druids, Aethists and all of the individuals have do not adhere to a faith system.
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Being Defender of THE Faith obviously alludes to the Anglican faith, whilst being Defender OF Faith could allude to anything that requires one to have faith in it and so I now actually think that just about covers all possible belief systems, religious or not.
Interestingly, when the title of the Queen in Canada was being debated, "Defender of the Faith" was left in. The Prime Minister said something very similar to the rationale for "Defender of Faith" to defend it.

"In our countries [the other monarchies of the Commonwealth] there are no established churches, but in our countries there are people who have faith in the direction of human affairs by an all-wise Providence; and we felt that it was a good thing that the civil authorities would proclaim that their organisation is such that it is a defence of the continued beliefs in a supreme power that orders the affairs of mere men, and that there could be no reasonable objection from anyone who believed in the Supreme Being in having the sovereign, the head of the civil authority, described as a believer in and a defender of the faith in a supreme ruler."
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"Defender of Faith and Lack Thereof"
That's it.
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"Defender of Faith and Lack Thereof"
Now they know who to approach for help with the wording!
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