IAR 6.13

Irish Articles of Religion

6.13. Of the Civil Magistrate

We do profess that the supreme government of all estates within the said realms and dominions, in all cases, as well ecclesiastical as temporal, doth of right appertain to the King's highness. Neither do we give unto him hereby the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the Keys, but that prerogative only which we see to have been always given unto all godly princes in holy Scripture by God himself; that is, that he should contain all estates and degree committed to his charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil, within their duty, and restrain the stubborn and evildoers with the power of the civil sword.

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