King Charles III Reflects On Important Christian Values

September 10, 2022290 views0

King Charles III Reflects On Important Christian Values

2022-09-10T14:55:08+01:00

By Marie

King Charles III in his first address as United Kingdom’s new sovereign, links his “deeply rooted” Christian faith and values with his sense of duty and respect for traditions and freedoms.He also professed his intention to continue to embrace the values and faith embodied by his mother, who reigned for 70 years.He said, “In the course of the last 70 years, we have seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths.“The institutions of the state have changed in turn, but through all changes and challenges, our nation and the wider family of realms of whose talents, traditions and achievements I am so inexpressibly proud, have prospered and flourished.“Our values have remained and must remain constant.“Our values have remained, and must remain, constant. The role and the duties of Monarchy also remain, as does the Sovereign’s particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church of England – the Church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted.”“In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government.“As the Queen, herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too Now I solemnly pledged myself. Throughout the remaining time, God grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation.As Prince of Wales, Charles undertook official duties on behalf of Elizabeth II. He founded the youth charity the Prince’s Trust in 1976, sponsors the Prince’s Charities, and is a patron, president, or a member of over 400 other charities and organisations.He has advocated for the conservation of historic buildings and the importance of architecture in society. A critic of modernist architecture, King Charles worked on the creation of Poundbury, an experimental new town based on his architectural tastes. He is also an author or co-author of several books.ALSO READ The Monarch Whose Life Was Rooted In The Bible