Worth noting that in recent years, Prime Ministers who have used their powers to advise the monarch on Church of England appointments include Gordon Brown (a Presbyterian) and Rishi Sunak (a Hindu). So the discrimination against Catholics and Jews in the current legislation is pretty blatant

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I have never understood the belief that the Church needs the Head of State to rubber-stamp appointments. It is an attitude found only in England, and in no other part of the Anglican Communion. I doubt if America Episcopalians would welcome Trump having a say in their clergy appointments!

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It's a pity this is so minimal. Why not devolve all Church of England appointments to the Church itself, and set it free from State inference? After all, it is possible to have a national church free from state inference in matters spiritual...

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My books 'These Isles', 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History' all lined up for Father's Day in June at the excellent Waterstones Oldham.

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A very good post. It definitely forced me to reexamine some of my prejudices. Another one of those matters generally considered culturally sub-Christian but for which we lack a coherent biblical argument for forbidding. Thanks!

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