” As defender of the (Anglican) faith it would be apostasy ...”
Elizabeth never defended the Anglican Faith which has now almost completely gone into apostacy.
“...Anglican Faith which has now almost completely gone into apostacy....”
Most of the Anglicans continue to believe and worship according to the faith handed down to them over the centuries. There were several articles last month about the estrangement within. I don’t have the exact numbers but there are around 170 provinces throughout world and only seven or eight have gone astray. It happens to be the wealthiest provinces such as the USA, Church of England, Australia, South Africa and a few others. The split within the Anglican Communion was apparent at the Lambeth Conference this summer. There was much about it in the Religion thread of FR.