Crown and Crozier
In Crown and Crozier, we invite leading thinkers to explore how the human experience is shaped by the interplay between Church and State, and what this means for tackling the great challenges of today. Join us as we examine what’s at stake for us as citizens and as a society in the dynamic engagement between civil and religious authority. The common good, basic freedoms, dignity of the person, administration of justice, self-government, the preservation of truth, goodness and beauty - all this and more hangs in the balance.
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From Royal Chaplain to Catholic Convert ~ Gavin Ashenden (Part 1)
Serving as chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen isn’t what you might expect. The story of Dr. Gavin Ashenden, one of Queen Elizabeth’s former honorary chaplains, is likewise something that many people weren’t expecting – perhaps most of all Dr. Ashenden himself, who ended-up converting to Catholicism after 35 years as an Anglican priest.
This episode is the first segment in our two-part series with Dr. Ashenden. In Part 1, we discuss the fusion of religious and temporal authority within the Church of England, what it means to minister to the Queen, and how a Christian monarchy whose subjects (and members) seem increasingly uninterested in Christianity cannot long endure.
0:00 - Introduction
3:15 - Honorary Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II - it’s not at all what you think
11:55 - Getting to know the Royal Household (and cocktail waitresses)
15:35 - Two roles and one personality: Head of State, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and Elizabeth Windsor
21:45 - Who cares for the soul of the Queen?
24:25 - The next generations of the Royal Household
30:10 - Anglican Church 101: A Church tamed by the State
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Documents/Websites referenced
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen
Royal Ecclesiastical Household
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