The news that King Charles has become the first head of the Church of England to pray with the Pope is yet another sign of just how far that institution has drifted — though in truth, it was a compromised institution from the beginning.
For all its pomp and pretence of Protestantism, the Church of England was born of political expediency, not of biblical conviction. Its compromises are woven into its DNA. The monarch’s latest gesture — joining in prayer with the Pope of Rome — simply exposes what has long been true: that Canterbury’s allegiance is not fully to Christ, but to convenience.
The King’s act is not a harmless token of goodwill, nor a mere diplomatic courtesy. It is a betrayal of the gospel itself. The Pope still presides over a system that denies the finished work of Christ, substitutes sacramentalism for faith, and exalts human authority above the Word of God.
To join in prayer with such a figure is not an act of Christian unity, but a public denial of the Reformation truths for which men and women shed their blood — that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. When the Supreme Governor of the Church of England prays with Rome, he does not bridge a divide — he blurs the line between truth and error.
