IAR 6.12

Irish Articles of Religion

6.12. Of the Civil Magistrate

The King's majesty under God hath the sovereign and chief power within his realms and dominions, over all manner of persons, of what estate, either ecclesiastical or civil, soever they be; so as no other foreign power hath, or ought to have, any superiority over them.

For discussion

  1. WCF 22.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  2. SC60 8.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 22.1 · SC60 8.1 · SHC 10.1 · SHC 10.2