Coronation of the British monarch either the first meeting of the parliament after a new monarch's accession (i.e. during the State Opening of Parliament) or at his or her coronation. The monarch additionally swears a separate oath to preserve Presbyterian church government in the Church of Scotland and this oath is taken before the coronation. Once the taking of the oath concludes, an ecclesiastic presents a Bible to the sovereign, saying "Here is Wisdom; This is the royal Law; These are the lively Oracles of God." The Bible used is a full King James Bible, including the Apocrypha. At Elizabeth II's coronation, the Bible was
The Holy Bible (album) cut deeper." Upon its re-release ten years later, Dan Martin of "NME" described "The Holy Bible" as "a work of genuine genius". Joe Tangari of Pitchfork wrote: "In a way, the story of Edwards' spiral into some unknown oblivion is tied to the experience of "The Holy Bible", which in retrospect has become a sort of horror-show eulogy for a man who couldn't live with the world around him." David Fricke of "Rolling Stone" wrote that "even the pall of [Edwards'] absence can't cancel out the life-affirming force that hits you with the very first song". Mark Edwards of "Stylus