In her capacity as defender of the faith, should the Queen sack the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Question

In her capacity as defender of the faith, should the Queen sack the Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 1

Yup....

she should emulate a couple of her illustrious ancestors, who knew exactly what to do with archbishops.......

Perhaps a Queen Henrietta would already have followed in the footsteps of II and VIII.......

Answer 2

Yes she should, he has let Britain down with

that stupid comment.

Answer 3

aha com eon ... just because he's a druid!!!

I think this is a good argument for disestablishmentarianism!

Answer 4

The Archbish is appointed by the government in power,isn't he?I don't think her Maj can do anything,even if she wanted too.He should resign though,if he had any decency at all.

Answer 5

send him to the middle east forever.

Answer 6

"BISHOP TO STAR AT CANTERBURY JOUST"

Answer 7

Actually the title was granted by the Pope when Britian was a Catholic country so the Queen is Defender of the Catholic faith, a title that the Catholic church has asked her to return.

Answer 8

She should sack him and insist he spend a few months in a quiet rest home for idiots!

Answer 9

Fernella makes an excellent point.

Lemur, what prompts this question?  I've heard the archbishop is way out there.  If he had any intellectual honesty, he'd resign.

Answer 10

It's funny, the title "Defender of Faith" was originally given to Henry VIII of England by Pope Leo X when the King defended the Catholic faith and the supremacy of the Pope partly in refutation against Martin Luther who believed the opposite. Less than a decade later, Henry would begin to embrace Lutheran ideas and would be excommunicated from the Catholic Church - but the title remains.

Anyway, as fidei defensor I think she should sack the Archbishop; but for his own sake, I think it would be better if he just resigned.

I agree with Suzie, it's such a let down.

Answer 11

She should and quickly.  However, the PM must advise Her to do so.