…In addition to the Church of England, there are other free churches, such as the Congregational Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and other churches. Civil rights are guaranteed not only to non-conformists but also to non-Christians and atheists, but the King of England, who is the “Defender of the Faith” and the “Supreme Ruler” of the Church of England, cannot be anything other than a member of the Anglican Church. In America and Japan, which has been influenced by it, separation of church and state is considered self-evident, but in Europe, for a long time, only one church was allowed in a country (or territory). … *Some of the terminology that refers to the "King of England" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…国教会のほかにも,自由教会と呼ばれる会衆派教会,バプティスト教会,メソディスト教会やローマ・カトリック教会その他の教会が存在している。非国教徒だけでなく,非キリスト教徒,無神論者にも市民的諸権利は保障されているが,英国国教会の〈信仰の擁護者〉であり〈最高統治者〉であるイギリス国王は,アングリカン・チャーチの教会員以外にはなりえない。アメリカおよびその影響を受けた日本では,政教分離が自明の理と考えられているが,ヨーロッパでは長い間,一つの国(あるいは領邦)には一つの教会しか認められなかった。… ※「イギリス国王」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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