Commentary
On Saturday, King Charles III was solemnly crowned in Westminster Abbey in a ceremony whose roots remote to the coronation of King Edgar the Peaceful in 973. The central act of this is when the king accepts his calling from God and receives the grace and powers to fulfil his responsibilities according to the law.
The most important book in the development of Western Civilisation is the Bible.
One of its most significative passages for the study of government is found in 1 Samuel 8:4-6, a passage where the prophet Samuel warns the people of Israel what lies in store for them if they have their wish granted that a king should rule over them….