Want this question answered?
Virginia's religion was the same as the Church of England.
Yes they did. The Puritans didnt believe in catholics and didnt want to yet the pilgrims did,
Lee, and most of the Virginia aristocracy, was Episcopalian, the US descendant of the Church of England.
The majority of the Mayflower's passengers on the journey to Virginia were Puritans, a group who believed that both the Church of England and the Catholic Church in England had strayed from the teachings of the Bible.
The church of England was slowly but surely established in each of the southern colonies. Virginia, (1619), The four lower counties of New York, (1693), North Carolina, (1701), Maryland, (1702), South Carolina, (1706), and Georgia (1758).
St. Patrick evangelized Ireland and was well known as Ireland’s patron saint. He was also a bishop in the early Christian church.
Church of England.
The official chuch of Virginia until 1785 was the Church of England. If there was an official state church after that I don't know what it was.
Colonial Virginia was under the control of England and the early Virginian colonists, by law, had to pay taxes to support the Anglican Church (Church of England.) Most of the early colonists in Virginia were part of the Anglican Church, however there were some other Protestant denominations that were present.
Virginia's religion was the same as the Church of England.
some people did not want to belong to the Church of England
The Church of England was established in most colonies including Virginia. But the vestry in Virginia was controlled by laymen.
Minor Cline Miller has written: 'Spiritual planting in Virginia' -- subject(s): Church history, Church of England in Virginia
Richard Bland has written: 'To the clergy of Virginia' -- subject(s): Church and state, Church of England
The Virginia colony's official religion was the Church of England. Residents of the colony paid taxes to the church and were required to attend church services even if they belonged to another faith. Freedom of religion was a key motivator in Virginia's role to become independent from Britain.
Since the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and surrounding areas, was settled by the British the main religion was Anglican, or Church of England.
The Puritans, who believed the Church of England was too hierarchical (among other disagreements) came to Massachusetts for religious freedom, although, like the Plymouth colony, the bay colony was founded under a royal charter