The Supreme Governor of the Church of England is the titular head of the Church of England, a position which is vested in the British monarch. Although...

portal The title of Supreme Head of the Church of England was created in 1531 for King Henry VIII when he first began to separate the Church of England from...

Church of England; his daughter Elizabeth I changed this to Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Presbyterian system, codified in the Westminster...

during the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary I. The 1558 Act declared Queen Elizabeth I and her successors the Supreme Governor of the Church, a title...

offices, such as king of the United Kingdom, king of Canada, king of Australia, and the supreme governor of the Church of England, all of which are distinct...

swear allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church. Failure to do so was to be treated as treasonable. The Oath of Supremacy was originally...

toleration. The situation was complicated greatly by the evolving role of the English Crown, which acted as both Supreme Governor of the Church of England and...

narrowed the definition of what constituted heresy, and confirmed Elizabeth as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. Compared to Henry VIII's title of "Supreme...

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the origin of the Anglican tradition,...

doctrine, liturgy and spirituality were left to the bishops. Supreme Governor of the Church of England, the closest Anglican equivalent Vicarius Filii Dei...