Posted by Radu on 2/5/2008, 20:23:35, in reply to "Re: Royal Conversions"
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--Previous Message-- : : Be it far from me to say anything definitive : about those religions and their trappings; : but I have had an impression that : Presbyterians are anarchists among christian : sects, in the sense that they do not want to : have any higher hierarchies than local : parishes, nor any authorities over them. You're mixing up Presbyterians with Congregationalists. Presbyterians are rather 'democratic', not 'anarchists'. They have a General Assembly ( or something like that ), like a Church parliament. : Which means that there is no head of : Presbyterian creed. No bishops, no bosses of : bishops, no... : : Elizabeth II, when in Scotland, can : seemingly thus drop to some pond all things : to do with bossing over a religion, and : simply be a protestant christian among other : such. : : : : --Previous Message-- : : : Elizabeth II is an Anglican in England but a : Presbyterian whenever she visits Scotland. : : : : That's an interesting case. : If Elizabeth is the head of the CoE, who is : the head of the Scottish Presbyterians. : Does she bow to him when she is in Scotland, : as Roman Catholic sovereigns do to the Pope : ? : : :