[AnalogReigns]

Richard III was a member of the Church of England, which happened to be allied with Rome at his death, and later, broke with Rome.

It’s perfectly fit and proper, and legal, that her majesty’s government and the Church of England inter his remains as they see fit.

[vladimir998]

“Richard III was a member of the Church of England, which happened to be allied with Rome at his death, and later, broke with Rome.”

False. The Catholic Church in England was not “allied” with the Catholic Church. It was part of it. It also never broke with the Catholic Church. The SECULAR government of England seized control of the Church in England - its property, its money, its officials and killed those who resisted.

“It’s perfectly fit and proper, and legal, that her majesty’s government and the Church of England inter his remains as they see fit.”

BS. Richard III was not Anglican. He was Catholic his entire life. No secular government should decide against the religious rights of any man. Richard would never have wanted to be buried by a schismatic or heretical sect.

[Cronos]

There was no separate Church of England in the 14th century. There was only, in Western Europe, the Catholic Church. Christianity in England was represented solely and only by the Catholic Church.

Richie was Catholic and should be buried as such in a Catholic ceremony, not in a priestess led CoE ceremony.

[Biggirl]

Considering the Anglicans are an extention of the Catholic Church.