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What is the difference between Christianity and the Church of England?
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∙ 13y ago
In a nutshell: there are lots of different Christian denominations, and the Church of England is one of these. A bit more detail: a Christian is anyone who confesses faith in the Trinitarian God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and who acknowledges Jesus as divine and the Son of God. There are many different expressions of the Christian religion that have grown up through history, in different times and places. From the early church in the first century CE gradually Christianity divided into different groups, based in different cultures. These are called denominations and include Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox. Christianity in England had its own identity for about nine hundred years, and gradually came more directly under the control and influence of the Catholic Church in Rome. Henry the Eighth, for a combination of personal and political reasons, separated the English Church from it's subordination to Rome. Under Elizabeth the 1st this separation was more strongly established, and became the Church of England. Initially the Church of England was not so much inspired by the Reformation; the motivation was to remain Catholic but independent. However, as the CHurch of England became established, it took on more Reformation features. That is why the Church of England today has characteristics that are both Catholic and Reformed.
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∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe Church of England is a subsect of Christianity rather than a separate religion. It did, however, separate from the Roman Catholic church, which is also a subsect of Christianity (though, admittedly, a rather large one).
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What are thediffrences between the religions of christiannity and the Church of England?
ANSWER 1: The Church of England is the ANGLICAN church. In the United States, the Anglican Church is the Episcopal Church; and so, then, there is no difference between the Church of England and Christianity. The Church of England is about as Christian as it gets.However, that said, if you are a Roman Catholic who believes that Rome is the See of "the one and only true Christian church," and that all other churches are mere "also rans," then there is, for you, a difference, indeed, between Christianity and the Church of England. There isn't, of course, but if you think so, then so be it.The Church of England traces its roots to the Roman Catholic mission to England of St Augustine of Canterbury in 597 AD. Over 900 years later, when King Henry the VIII got into an argument with Rome over the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon, the then Roman Catholic churches in England all became part of the new Church of England which officially separated from Rome. A person attending church back in those days, though, would see little difference. The Church of England, to the unpracticed eye, looked and behaved nearly the same as the Roman Catholic Church... as it does, in many respects, to this day. The biggest difference was, simply, that the Church of England no longer acknowledged the supremacy of Rome. That was pretty much, at that time, the biggest difference.Under Queen Mary, in 1555, the Church of England was placed back under the Authority of Rome; but Queen Elizabeth I would have no part of it, and by 1558 the Church of England was independent of Rome once again... where it has stayed ever since.The Church of England is, then, entirely Christian... as Christian as Roman Catholicism. There are few differences; and what differences there are would take longer to explain than there's room for, here.
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