Weddings

 

There is a wide range of religious practices under the Protestant religious groups. The differences in theology and practice are shown in their wedding services. Protestants are: Baptists, Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and others. The relationship of Christ to the church is considered similar to the relationship between a husband and wife.

                                   

 The Protestant wedding differs from that of other religions in that it is a worship service through which the will of God is served and the Lordship of Jesus is proclaimed. The wedding guests are a part of the service by sharing in hymns, scriptural readings and responses to the couple's exchange of vows.

 

 

Holy Places

 

There arent any "holy places."  A common place, however, to worship is in one's church.

            

 

 

Traditions and Customs

 

Christmas: Celebration of Jesus being Born

 

Easter: Crusifiction and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

       

 

                        

 

 

A further aspect of our Protestant monarchy is the series of solemn oaths and obligations taken by each monarch at his or her Coronation. The Accession Declaration has to be made by the Sovereign, either at the Coronation or at his or her first Parliament. It is worded thus:-

I do solemnly, and in the presence of God profess, testify, and declare that I am a faithful Protestant, and that I will, according to the true intent of the enactments which secure the Protestant  succession to the throne of my Realm, uphold and maintain the said enactments to the best of my power, according to law.

During the Coronation Service, the Archbishop of  Canterbury puts the following question to the Sovereign:-

Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the tree profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and the government thereof, as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of England, and to the Churches, there committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them, or any of them ?

To this , the Sovereign is required to say, with right hand upon the Bible,-

All this I promise to do

There is also a Scottish Coronation oath to which the Sovereign is required to assent. This reads:-

 I will inviolably maintain and preserve the settlement of the true Protestant Religion, with the Government, Worship, Discipline, Rights and Privileges of the Church of Scotland as established by the laws made there in prosecution of the Claim of Right, and particularly by an Act entitled An Act for securing the Protestant Religion and the Presbyterian Church Government.

Those who wish to change our Protestant constitution often argue that the oaths are "offensive" to Roman Catholics. Can anyone see anything offensive in the oaths quoted above ? They contain no reference whatsoever to the Church of Rome, so how can they give offence? What they do contain is a series of statements that reflect the reality that, in the course of our nation's history, we have developed a Protestant constitution.. If a statement of Protestantism is an offence to Roman Catholics, we can only draw the conclusion that they are offended by the mere fact of the existence of Protestantism.