...Parliament,) and all and singular other Acts of Parliament now in force for the establishment and preservation of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, shall remain and be in full force for ever. VIII. (Providing that the Queen's successors are to take...

...the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion as by law established. (4) To maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement...discipline, and government thereof as by law established in England. (5) To preserve to the bishops and clergy of England, and to the Church committed to their...

...and Scotland] (6 ANN, C-5) every King and Queen at their Coronation shall take and subscribe an oath to maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement...the Church of England, and the Doctrine, Worship, and Government thereof as by law established within the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, the dominion...

...power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law? And will you preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of...discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there...

...The Treaty of Union (Appendix II) prescribed the oath 'to maintain and preserve inviolably the said Settlement of the Church of England and the Doctrine...Discipline and Government thereof as by law established within the kingdoms of England and Ireland the Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick upon Tweed and...

...Catholic credentials of the National Church. It is the clear duty of the Crown to prevent this happening and "to maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England." The manner in which the Crown is to do this must be consonant with the nature of constitutional monarchy....

...and privileges. Furthermore, the monarch was bound in the Coronation oath to uphold and defend the "the settlement of the Church of England, and the...discipline, and government thereof, as by law established in England" (Ratcliff1953, 38). It was this set of interactive relations that Richard Hooker set out...

...provided that every long or queen of the United Kingdom should at his or her coronation subscribe an oath "to maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement...the Church of England, and the Doctrine, Worship, and Government thereof as by law established within the Kingdoms of England and Ireland, the dominion...

...established Church. At his or her coronation the monarch swears to 'maintain and preserve inviolately the Church of England, and the Doctrine, Worship,...Discipline and Government thereof as by law established'. While it is plain that many past sovereigns have been only nominally committed members of the Church...

...of religious allegiance since the Queen in her coronation oath swears 'to the utmost of [her] power [to] maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, . ..[and to] preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge,...