The King’s act of praying with the Pope is not a harmless token of goodwill, nor a mere diplomatic courtesy. It is a betrayal of the gospel itself and a public denial of the Reformation.
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ThenewsthatKingCharleshasbecomethefirstheadoftheChurchofEnglandtopraywiththePopeisyetanothersignofjusthowfarthatinstitutionhasdrifted—thoughintruth,itwasacompromisedinstitutionfromthebeginning.
ForallitspompandpretenceofProtestantism,theChurchofEnglandwasbornofpoliticalexpediency,notofbiblicalconviction.ItscompromisesarewovenintoitsDNA.Themonarch’slatestgesture—joininginprayerwiththePopeofRome—simplyexposeswhathaslongbeentrue:thatCanterbury’sallegianceisnotfullytoChrist,buttoconvenience.
TheKing’sactisnotaharmlesstokenofgoodwill,noramerediplomaticcourtesy.Itisabetrayalofthegospelitself.ThePopestillpresidesoverasystemthatdeniesthefinishedworkofChrist,substitutessacramentalismforfaith,andexaltshumanauthorityabovetheWordofGod.
TojoininprayerwithsuchafigureisnotanactofChristianunity,butapublicdenialoftheReformationtruth
