 | Christof H. Heyns, Peter W. Edge, Frans Viljoen - 2002 - 548 Seiten
...same Act reaffirmed the relevant provisions of the Bill of Rights,134 and provided that "whosoever shall hereafter come to the possession of this Crown...in communion with the Church of England as by law established".135 The effect of these provisions can be summarised as follows. Only a Protestant Christian... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1924 - 304 Seiten
...order still further to secure the Protestantism of the sovereign, and it was enacted that whosoever shall hereafter come to the possession of this crown...in communion with the Church of England, as by law established. William himself was a Dutch Calvinist, and the princes to whom the title to the British... | |
 | 1889 - 382 Seiten
...established by law," and the crown is, by law, to descend in the ' Protestant Line,' but 'whosoever shall come to the possession of this crown shall join in communion with the Church of England as by law established.' The expression ' Protestant ' is of foreign origin and obviously wanting in legal accuracy... | |
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That in case the Crown and imperial dignity of this realm shall hereafter come to any person, not being a native of this kingdom of England, this nation be not obliged to engage in any war for the defence of any dominions or territories which do not belong... 
