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Anglican is the name of the Church of England and its followers. The word Anglican is used widely except in the United States, where they are known as Episcopal.
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Why did the pilgrims or Separatists want to separate from the Angilcan Church?
The Pilgrims also known as Separatists or Puritans wanted religious freedom.
Who was Martin Luther and what he did to religion?
Martin Luder was a lawschool student who obtained a Bachelor Degree. The Catholic Church convinced him to become a monk in their new monestary at Wittenburg's Castle Church; which spearheaded the Catholic goal of an Evangelical movement throughout Germanic tribes. The Wittenburg Seminary was founded by the Barefoot Monks and The Order of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Upon obtaining his Doctorate of Catholic Theology, the Catholic Church changed his name to Martin Luther as part of their sainthood process for those who were Doctors of the Church. Martin Luther served the Catholic Church as professor of Catholic theology at Wittenburg seminary, as an Augustinian Monk. The Dean of Catholic Theology, Andreas Rudolph Bodenstein von Karlstadt, lead the Catholic Evangelical movement out of Wittenburg Seminary (Castle Church) and was asked to appear at Rome to address concerns. He instead, sent his most prominent pupil, Dr. Martin Luther in his place. Dr. Martin Luther was astounded by the herasies that he witnessed at the core of Western Catholicism surrounding the Church of Rome. He realized contradictions in how Catholic theology was being taught to him in the seminary vs. how it was actually being practiced by clergy in local congregations. He wrote his 95 Thesis in Latin so that only clergy would be able to translate them; and take note of his concerns over the integrity of the Church. Someone, Latin speaking, got to it first and published it's concerns before the clergy were able to be its first observers. The Electors of Saxony appointed by the Holy Roman Empire agreed with Dr. Martin Luther's assesment. They began the legal process of establishing a charter for independent Catholic Churches that wouldn't be loyal to the Church of Rome. Dr. Martin Luther was turned-down for debates at Rome with clergy there, but they did send a local German clergyman John Eke to debate Dr. Martin Luther instead. Karlstadt and John Calvin also participated in some of these debates. Many members of clergy sided with Dr. Martin Luther and began translating an authoritative German Bible, which Dr. Martin Luther lead and is sometimes called the Luther Bible with an Apendix (Apocrapha) containing in total 73-books, same in number as the Latin Vulgate. Unfortunately, Catholic Answers, and many other websites deliberately missrepresent this fact and often present false information to forward their cause against Dr. Martin Luther. The Evangelical Church of Germany (EKD) was officially chartered in 1530 by the Electors of Saxony against the will of the Holy Roman Empire. A Papal Bull ordered an inquisition of those who refused to acknowledge the authority of Holy Roman Empire over the Catholic faith. A 30-Years War broke-out in the chaos and confusion, fracturing, and splitting Catholic congregations; forcing them into schism between local civil loyalty and loyalty to the Holy See of Rome. Evangelical Protestants emerged and Reformed Reformationist also emerged to combat the inquisitions lead by the military against its citizens. The Ottoman Turks became a more important threat to deal with and the inquisitions had to be haulted to preserve the Holy Roman Empire from Islamic domination. The Reformed theology congregations began establishing provincial charters in 1559. Theology was argued over extensively between Catholic, Protestant, and Reformed congregations; to also include some Radical-Reformers. These four core doctrines were also joined by the British Empire under King Henry 8th who established the Church of England (Angilcan-Episcopal). Five core doctrines were established from traditional Catholicism: Catholic-Latin Rite/Roman Rite (Roman-Catholic), Anglican-Episcopal, Protestant, Reformed, and Radical. The Protestants are the smallest of these groups as they were geographically closetest to the strength of the Holy Roman Empire and Papacy; and have been persecuted heavily by modern era Socialists and Communists. The Reformed tradition became the largest in much of Europe and managed to pass laws by the late 1800's-early 1900's prohibiting the publication of Bibles with an Apocrapha or Deuterocanon, reducing Westernized Bibles to 66-books, nearly 400 years following Dr. Martin Luther's death (Catholic Answers dishonestly leaves this information out of their publications). Even the original King James Version (KJV) contained all 73-books accepted by Roman-Catholics. American Lutherans continued to use their German Bibles through the Great Depression and were largely unaffected by the 66-books, until English translations became necessary following a generational lack of German speaking congregations. American Lutherans today have an Apocrapha available as a companion to their English Bibles: KJV, NKJV, NIV, or ESV; which brings the 66-books up to the full 73-books.
